TOXINA BOTULÍNICA COMO OPÇÃO NO TRATAMENTO DA DISFUNÇÃO TEMPOROMANDIBULAR.

The use of botulinum toxin by dentists, in their patients, increased in recent times. It's a diverse treatment, it can be used both in esthetic or therapeutic purpose. In previous studies, botulinum toxin has been used successfully in the treatment of several pathological pains, including temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction. To discuss botulinum toxin use as a treatment for temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction, also review some studies and application techniques. This paper is a review of a recent articlein temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction treatment using botulinum toxin. The bibliographic research was done in January, 2019, in the last five years, through the online data bases PubMED / Medline, Lilacs and Scielo. The key words used in the search were "treatment" and "Botulinum toxin" and "dysfunction" and "temporomandibular ". Overall of 136 items were found. In the PubMED/Medline was found 118 papers and of those were selected only the available in Full text. After a careful selection on the papers about the subject, and limiting the search between the period from 1976 to 2019, 58 papers were chosen. In the other hand, on Lilacs, 12 papers were found, of which only 6 corresponded to the subject, and on the Scielo were found 6 papers in which 5 were duplicated and 1 did not agree to the subject. Even if other traditional solutions exists, the research shows that botulinum toxin is a viable, safe and effective treatment for many facial and oral musculature dysfunctions, mainly in refractory cases to conventional treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]