Electrical muscle stimulation (ems) in the management of a completely edentulous patient with a unilateral condylectomy-a case report

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ArunasreeVadaguru Mallikarjuna and Dhanraj M Ganapathy

78-year-old male patient with history of unilateral condylectomy reported for complete denture treatment. The patient exhibited extreme jaw deviation due to disuse atrophy of masticatory muscles on the side of surgical resection. The patient was treated with electrical muscle stimulation therapy to stimulate and to restore muscle function and was successfully rehabilitated with complete dentures.

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2283-2285
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/23956429.ijcmpr20170217
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