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Botulinum Toxin, a Drug with Potential Interest for Dentists—An Introduction
The review is an introduction to medical, non-cosmetic treatments with botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) in the orofacial region. It focuses on the current most common, best-documented and safest indications of interest for dentists in terms of dystonia and sialorrhea. These conditions are recommended to...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9607019/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36287936 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins14100667 |
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description | The review is an introduction to medical, non-cosmetic treatments with botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) in the orofacial region. It focuses on the current most common, best-documented and safest indications of interest for dentists in terms of dystonia and sialorrhea. These conditions are recommended to start with and suitable to gain better skill and experience with BoNT. The introduction also stresses the importance of correct diagnostics based on interdisciplinary cooperation, precise targeting of the injections, measurements of treatment effect, and control of the oral health with regard to side effects. |
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spelling | pubmed-96070192022-10-28 Botulinum Toxin, a Drug with Potential Interest for Dentists—An Introduction Bakke, Merete Toxins (Basel) Review The review is an introduction to medical, non-cosmetic treatments with botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) in the orofacial region. It focuses on the current most common, best-documented and safest indications of interest for dentists in terms of dystonia and sialorrhea. These conditions are recommended to start with and suitable to gain better skill and experience with BoNT. The introduction also stresses the importance of correct diagnostics based on interdisciplinary cooperation, precise targeting of the injections, measurements of treatment effect, and control of the oral health with regard to side effects. MDPI 2022-09-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9607019/ /pubmed/36287936 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins14100667 Text en © 2022 by the author. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Bakke, Merete Botulinum Toxin, a Drug with Potential Interest for Dentists—An Introduction |
title | Botulinum Toxin, a Drug with Potential Interest for Dentists—An Introduction |
title_full | Botulinum Toxin, a Drug with Potential Interest for Dentists—An Introduction |
title_fullStr | Botulinum Toxin, a Drug with Potential Interest for Dentists—An Introduction |
title_full_unstemmed | Botulinum Toxin, a Drug with Potential Interest for Dentists—An Introduction |
title_short | Botulinum Toxin, a Drug with Potential Interest for Dentists—An Introduction |
title_sort | botulinum toxin, a drug with potential interest for dentists—an introduction |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9607019/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36287936 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins14100667 |
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