Background. Temporomandibular dysfunction syndrome (TMD) is a common disease among dental patients. It occurs as a consequence of malfunction of the tempromandibular and/or surrounding facial muscles. LED red light therapy is not been well established, and it is important to find out the role of this technique in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders. Aim of the Study. To evaluate the efficacy of the LED red light in the treatment of the tempromandibular dysfunction syndrome. Material and Methods. Fifty students of the College of Dentistry/University of Baghdad with myofacial pain associated with Tempromandibular Disorder volunteered to participate in this study and be evaluated during both treatment and follow-up periods. They were 40 (80%) females and 10 (20%) males. Patients were divided into 2 groups: Group A treated by TenDlite® Medical Device model 204 with a LED’s of wavelength 660 nm (red light) and Group B given placebo (no treatment at all) by just putting the TenDlite device near the tender points without battery and turning ON the device. Results. The changes in the pain value and number of the tender muscles in both groups were highly significant, only placebo group less but with no significant differences. Conclusions. This study showed that red LED therapy could be useful in improving patient’s symptoms regarding pain, clicking, and number of tender muscles. In addition, this study showed the importance of the psychological part of treatment of those patients. This trial is registered with TCTR20190406002.

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Bullet injuries were associated with a higher number of mandibular comminuted fractures, in addition to more extensive bone loss. While shell injuries of IED (improvised explosive devices), on the other hand, were associated with higher infection rate and more postoperative complication.

Surgical treatment in patients with facial bone surgeries governs a meaningful extent of tissue trauma prompting prevalent postoperative portents of pain, facial swelling, and inconvenience. Beneficial effects of local cold therapy following surgery, facial swelling, pain, and inflammation have been discussed. The aim of study is to evaluate the efficacy of hilotherm cooling system in reducing postoperative pain and edema in patients following maxillofacial trauma and orthognathic surgeries.A clinical prospective study was done in the postoperative period for patients with facial trauma or those subjected to orthognathic surgery, 34 patients divided randomly into 2 groups; study group treated with the hilotherm cooling system and control group without. Facial swelling was quantified by 5 linear distances (A, B, C, D, and E). Pain was reported on day 1, 2, and 7 postoperatively. Satisfaction with cooling therapy at day 7 following surgery was recorded. The means of swelling variation in study group were less than in control group with highly significant difference (P < 0.01) except in (line D) which is from tragus to the chin most prominent point where it was significant. Pain scores in control group were higher than in study group with highly significant difference (P < 0.01) except at 7th day which was not significant (P > 0.05). All patients in the study group were very satisfied.