Three cases of focal embouchure dystonia: classifications and successful therapy using a dental splint.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Focal embouchure dystonia (FED) is a type of task-specific dystonia affecting wind instrument players, and it frequently ends their professional careers. The results of the treatments of FED in the reported literature are disappointing. OBJECTIVE:We report 3 patients with FED who were brass instrument players. In 1 patient, we evaluated the usefulness of a dental splint. METHODS AND RESULTS:Patient 1 was a 28-year-old trumpeter who was suffering from an intermittent tremor of the lower jaw. Following the usage of a dental splint, her symptoms disappeared completely. Patient 2 was a 29-year-old horn player with atonia of the lower facial muscles. In this case, medication with various drugs brought no benefit, and he ended his career. Patient 3 was a 43-year-old trombone player who suffered involuntary contractions and relaxation of the perioral muscles along with clumsiness of tongue movement. Extraction of double teeth and long-term cessation of playing for 20 years did not bring any positive effects. CONCLUSION:We propose that FED can be categorized into three subgroups according to masticatory, facial and lingual types, and that the dental splint might be a useful therapeutic strategy for the masticatory type of FED.

journal_name

Eur Neurol

journal_title

European neurology

authors

Satoh M,Narita M,Tomimoto H

doi

10.1159/000329578

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-01-01 00:00:00

pages

85-90

issue

2

eissn

0014-3022

issn

1421-9913

pii

000329578

journal_volume

66

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