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Table 2 Treatments useful for Acute dislocation

From: Evaluation of the mechanism and principles of management of temporomandibular joint dislocation. Systematic review of literature and a proposed new classification of temporomandibular joint dislocation

Treatment

No. of patients

Manual reduction without anaesthesia

63

Manual reduction with Local Anaesthesia (L.A)+ sedation

2

Reduction with gag reflex

3

Manual reduction with General Anaesthesia (GA)

13

Assisted (open) reduction with General Anaesthesia

1