Open AccessOro-mandibular dystonia
Author(s) -
Yazad Gandhi
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/0975-5950.79218
Subject(s) - medicine , trismus , dystonia , masticatory force , tongue , facial muscles , tonic (physiology) , orthodontics , anatomy , dentistry , pathology , psychiatry
Dystonia is an involuntary, repetitive, sustained (tonic), or spasmodic (rapid or clonic) muscle contraction. The spectrum of dystonias can involve various regions of the body. Oromandibular dystonia (OMD) can involve the masticatory, lower facial and the tongue muscles which may results in trismus, bruxism, involuntary jaw opening or closure and involuntary tongue movement. Here, we report a case of OMD in a 68 year old man.