Health Condition 1: K135- Oral submucous fibrosis
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Therapeutic ultrasound plus mouth opening exercises: Patients will be taught mouth opening exercises along with 8 sessions of therapeutic ultrasound delivered every third day with each
Sponsors
Dr Vijayalakshmi K R
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Subjects between 18 to 60 years of age without gender bias. 2. Subjects with clinical stage 1, 2 or 3 and functional stage 2, 3, or 4 according to More et al (2012) classification
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Pregnant and lactating subjects. 2. Subjects presenting open or infected wound, eczema in the region of masseter muscle where ultrasound has to be administered. 3. Subjects with dental implants or abscess in the area of ultrasound application. •Subjects having vascular diseases, cardiac diseases, or cardiac pacemakers. •Subjects undergoing treatment for OSMF or any other oral potentially malignant disorder (OPMD) or other systemic pre-cancerous or cancerous conditions. •Subjects with decreased mouth opening for reasons other than OSMF like pericoronitis, post-extraction trismus. •Subjects with missing maxillary and/ or mandibular incisors.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Increase in mouth openingTimepoint: 0, 4 weeks | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Tongue protrusion Cheek flexibility VAS scoreTimepoint: 0, 4 weeks | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Vanshika Jain
Government Dental College and Research Institute Bangalore
Outcome results
None listed