Hard Splint Vs Conservative Therapy for TMJ Pain Management

This randomized controlled trial will be conducted at the department of Prosthodontics, Khyber College of Dentistry, Peshawar. Patients diagnosed with TMJ disorders based on clinical examination will be randomly assigned to two groups. GROUP A: Patients will receive a hard occlusal splint made of heat cure acrylic resin to be worn at night. GROUP B: Patients will receive conservative therapy consisting of topical 5% Ibuprofen gel application three times daily and counseling regarding habit modification(soft diet ,avoiding wide mouth opening). Pain intensity will be recorded for both groups at baseline , 1 week and 4 week followup visit using a 10cm Visual Analogue Scale. the data will be analyzed using SPSS version 22.0.