Efficacy of arthrocentesis with hyaluronic acid injections for the treatment of temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis

A one-year case series of arthrocentesis with hyaluronic acid injections for temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis.

Article specifications

This case series was published in 2007 in Journal of Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. (IF 2007: 1.61) by Italian dentists. The present study presents a case series on the efficacy of arthrocentesis with hyaluronic acid injections for the treatment of temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis by providing patient evaluations at a one-year follow-up. Twenty-five patients with a diagnosis of osteoarthritis according to the Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (RDC/TMD axis I group IIIb) underwent a cycle of 5 arthrocenteses with injections (1 per week) of 1 mL hyaluronic acid.

 

Result

Data from the present investigation support findings from studies on other joints, which show the efficacy of serial injections of hyaluronic acid after arthrocentesis to reduce symptoms of osteoarthritis and to maintain improvements over time.