Although masseteric hypertrophy is common and can be accompanied by temporalis hypertrophy,
temporalis hypertrophy by itself is an exceptional finding. A patient, a chronic bruxer
who was receiving psychiatric care and psychotherapeutic medications, complained of
moderate discomfort and swelling in both temporal areas. It is believed that the patient’s
long-term stress-related sleeping problem was causing her bruxism. Of great interest
was the fact that chronic bruxing had resulted in the rare occurrence of temporalis
muscle hypertrophy without a coexisting masseteric hypertrophy.
To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
Purchase one-time access:
Academic & Personal: 24 hour online accessCorporate R&D Professionals: 24 hour online accessOne-time access price info
- For academic or personal research use, select 'Academic and Personal'
- For corporate R&D use, select 'Corporate R&D Professionals'
Subscribe:
Subscribe to Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral RadiologyAlready a print subscriber? Claim online access
Already an online subscriber? Sign in
Register: Create an account
Institutional Access: Sign in to ScienceDirect
References
- Enlargement of the temporal and masseter muscles on both sides.Trans Pathol Soc Lond. 1880; 31: 361-366
- Unilateral temporalis muscle hypertrophy.Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1990; 19: 287-288
- Type A botulinum toxin for the treatment of hypertrophy of the masseter and temporal muscles.Plast Reconstr Surg. 2001; 107: 327-332
- Temporalis muscle hypertrophy.Plast Reconstr Surg. 2000; 106: 1156-1161
- Hypertrophy of the masseter or temporalis muscles or both.Am J Dis Child. 1971; 121: 346-347
- Hypertrophy of temporalis muscle due to chewing gum abuse.J Child Neurol. 1996; 11: 210
- Swelling of the temporal region.Br J Dermatol. 1997; 136: 242-244
- Unilateral temporalis muscle hypertrophy managed with botulinum toxin type A.Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2000; 38: 571-572
- Isolated unilateral temporalis muscle hypertrophy. A case report.Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1998; 27: 92-93
- Unilateral temporal muscle hypertrophy.Ear Nose Throat J. 2003; 82: 198-199
- Electromyographic heterogeneity in the human temporalis muscle.J Dent Res. 1990; 69: 1686-1690
- Somatoform salivary complaints.N Y State Dent J. 2002; 68: 23-26
- Bruxism.Acta Otorhinol Ital. 2004; 24: 165-170
- Emotional stress and brux-like activity of the masseter muscle.Eur J Orthod. 2002; 24: 107-117
- Bruxism is mainly regulated centrally, not peripherally.J Oral Rehabil. 2001; 28: 1085-1091
- Sleep bruxism.J Dent Res. 2001; 80: 1940-1944
- SSRI-associated nocturnal bruxism in four patients.J Clin Psychiatry. 1993; 54: 432-434
- An overview of bruxism and its management.Dent Clin North Am. 1997; 41: 229-241
- A bibliographical survey of bruxism with special emphasis on nontraditional treatment modalities.J Oral Sci. 2001; 43: 73-83
- Selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitor induced movement disorders.Ann Pharmacother. 1998; 32: 692-698
- A comparison of different treatments for nocturnal bruxism.J Dent Res. 1998; 67: 597-601
- Bruxism.Adv Pain Res Ther. 1995; 23: 387-404
- Therapeutic uses of botulinum toxin type A.N Engl J Med. 1991; 324: 1186-1194
- Treatment of unilateral masseteric hypertrophy with botulinum toxin.J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1999; 57: 1017-1019
- Treatment of temporomandibular disorders with botulinum toxin.Clin J Pain. 2002; 18: S198-S203
Article info
Publication history
Published online: May 10, 2006
Accepted:
February 1,
2006
Received in revised form:
January 17,
2006
Received:
November 4,
2005
Identification
Copyright
© 2006 Mosby, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
