Dissertation on Dentistry

Dissertation on Dentistry

TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW.........................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Literature search strategy.............................................................................................................3
Databases.....................................................................................................................................3
Search engines.............................................................................................................................4
Key search terms..........................................................................................................................4
Boolean operators........................................................................................................................4
Inclusion and exclusion criteria...................................................................................................5
Temporomandibular Myofascial Pain.........................................................................................5
Effectiveness of Botulinum Toxic A (BTX-A) in treating temporomandibular joint disorder...6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW
INTRODUCTION
A careful and through literature review is very essential to carry out an investigation in
the right direction. It can be considered a basic homework that is assumed to have been done
attentively and gives deep insights of different facts and figures of research papers on similar
topic. With the help of the systematic literature review, it becomes easy for the researchers to
address the investigation issues and get the solutions of the research questions. It introduces the
broad context to research issues and minimize the duplication of existing studies. Along with
this, it allows the investigators to determine the relationship between the different
methodologies, outcomes etc to extract the right information from the previous researches. The
present chapter is related to literature review of determine effectiveness of Botulinum Toxic A
(BTX-A) as compared to conventional splint therapy in treating temporomandibular joint
disorder. In this context, the different objectives will be covered by the scholar by considering
and taking help of old research papers on similar topic.
Literature search strategy
A systematic process has been used by the researcher in order to find out the suitable
literature for the present dissertation topic on determining the effectiveness of Botulinum Toxic
A (BTX-A) as compared to conventional splint therapy in treating temporomandibular joint
disorder. The literature search process has included selected key words, electronic database,
deciding inclusion and exclusion criteria etc (Schoels, Knevel and et.al., 2010).
Databases
In order to select appropriate literature, electronic databases have been taken into the
consideration by the scholar. The reason behind using these is to retrieve the useful information
from the different sources in minimum time (Coumou and Meijman, 2006). It has contained
large number of journals articles and act wide sources of information. Therefore, database have
helped the investigator to obtain relevant studies for the present research on identifying the
effectiveness of Botulinum Toxic A (BTX-A) as compared to conventional splint therapy in
treating temporomandibular joint disorder. By this, the researcher has assisted to conduct the