Botox in Dentistry


#Botox is the #trade #name for #botulinum #toxin and comes in form of purified #protein.

It is mostly used in dentistry to #treat #spasm of jaws, #bruxism, #clenching which causes #trauma to teeth and gums, #neurological #disorders like #trigeminal #neuralgia which affects #facial #muscles causing #severe pain.

It is also used for #complementing #aesthetic dentistry cases, as an #alternative for #surgical treatment of high lip line cases (#gummy smile), lip #augmentation, for patients who have trouble to adjust new dentures, in #orthodontic cases where training of facial muscles is required to #improve the #appearance of #dynamic facial #wrinkles.


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