Treatment of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders With a Stabilizing Occlusal Splint in Somatosensory Tinnitus

NCT07211711 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 63

Last updated 2025-10-08

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Summary

This clinical trial aims to investigate whether treatment of temporomandibular joint disorder with a stabilizing occlusal splint is justified to alleviate somatosensory tinnitus. The main questions we aim to answer are:

* Determine if treatment of temporomandibular disorder with a stabilizing occlusal splint improves somatosensory tinnitus.
* Identify which patient-related, tinnitus-related, and temporomandibular disorder-related factors contribute to the therapeutic effect.

Conditions

  • Tinnitus
  • TMJ
  • Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD)

Interventions

DEVICE

Stabilizing occlusal splint

Maxillary stabilizing occlusal splint, made of acrylic with 2mm thickness in the posterior region. Installed and evaluated monthly for 4 months.

DEVICE

placebo splint

Maxillary placebo non-occlusal splint, installed and evaluated monthly for 4 months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-08-10
Primary Completion
2025-12-31
Completion
2026-06-30

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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