TY - JOUR A2 - Mallineni, Sreekanth Kumar AU - Ihara, Yoshiaki AU - Nakamichi, Yuka AU - Tashimo, Yuichi AU - Nozue, Shinji AU - Hayashi, Kota AU - Ishiguro, Mitsunori AU - Takahashi, Koji PY - 2021 DA - 2021/08/26 TI - The Device of Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Sheet for Trismus Caused by Bilateral Mandible Fractures SP - 8340485 VL - 2021 AB - Trismus is commonly caused by temporomandibular joint disorders and maxillofacial fractures. We report the case of a 62-year-old woman with trismus and difficulty in mastication caused by bilateral mandibular fractures. She had a maximal interincisal opening distance (MID) of 22 mm. Mouth-opening training was administered using a novel dental mouth-training device custom-made using ethylene vinyl acetate sheets and according to the dentition and extent of mouth-opening of the patient. After 2 months of training, the MID increased to 42 mm. With adequate training, this device is effective in treating trismus due to scarring. SN - 2090-6447 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/8340485 DO - 10.1155/2021/8340485 JF - Case Reports in Dentistry PB - Hindawi KW - ER -