Prakt Zubn Lek. 1990 Sep; 38(7): 194-7.

[Acupuncture in stomatology]

Satko I, ZÃ¡lesÃ¡k R, Zajko J.

The authors draws attention to the possible use of acupuncture in stomatology used in the course of 13 years in diseases of polyaetiological nature or where the aetiology is not well known. They demonstrate the success of this therapeutic method in diseases such as glossodynia, stomatodynia, primary neuralgia of the trigreminal nerve, contractures of the jaws, myofacial dysfunctional syndrome and disorders of salivary secretion in 178 patients treated at the out-patient department of the Second Stomatological Clinic in Bratislava.