Title

Efficacy of TENS, ultrasound and low level laser in the management of TMJ disorder

Authors

Shreedevi Bhoi¹, Diksha Koushal^2,*, Abhigyan Manas³, Ruhi Sidhu⁴, Navdeep Kaur Shergill⁵, Ankur Kakkad⁶, Kiran Kumar Misra⁷ & Awadhesh Kumar Gupta⁸

Affiliation

¹Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, ESIC Dental College and Hospital, Kalaburgi, Karnataka, India; ²Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Jaipur Dental College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India; ³Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai, Etawah, UP, India; ⁴Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, MNDAV Dental College and Research Centre, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India; ⁵Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Range Imaging Centre, Gurgaon, Haryana, India; ⁶Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Hitkarini Dental College and Hospital, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India; ⁷Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT (Deemed to be University), Patia, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India; ⁸Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, DJ College of Dental Sciences and Research, Modinagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Shreedevi Bhoi - E - mail: devi.bhoi@gmail.com
Dinesh Yadav - E - mail: yadav11@gmail.com
Abhigyan Manas - E - mail: abhigyanmanas@gmail.com
Ruhi Sidhu - E - mail: ruhi.sidhu@yahoo.com
Navdeep Kaur Shergill - E - mail: navdeep46@gmail.com
Ankur Kakkad - E - mail: drkakkadomdr@gmail.com
Kiran Kumar Misra - E - mail: drkirankumar1409@gmail.com
Awadhesh Kumar Gupta - E - mail: drawadheshgupta@gmail.com, anilkk44@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received May 1, 2025; Revised May 31, 2025; Accepted May 31, 2025, Published May 31, 2025

Abstract

Conservative treatments for temporomandibular disorders (TMD) are pain alleviation and the restoration of normal jaw function. Therefore, it is of interest to assess the transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), laser and ultrasound therapy in management of temporomandibular disorders. Hence, a total of 36 patients with TMJ disorder were divided into 3 groups; TENS, low level laser and ultrasound. The treatment consists of 10 sessions over the course of four weeks. The efficacy of treatment was evaluated using clinical mouth opening, muscle tenderness and visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain. The efficacy of TMD management is similar with all three methods.

Keywords

Low level laser, management, photo-bio-modulation, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder

Citation

Bhoi et al. Bioinformation 21(5): 969-972 (2025)

Edited by

P Babaji

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.