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Can a smartphone app replace a mouth splint for jaw pain?
NCT ID NCT07129096
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a web-based relaxation program can ease jaw pain from temporomandibular disorders (TMD). 124 patients will either use the app or get a standard mouth splint. Researchers will track pain, sleep, and stress over one year to see if the app is a helpful, low-cost alternative.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Applied relaxation via web application (Relappy.app)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a low-cost, at-home self-management option for jaw pain and related stress symptoms.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-stage trial. The web app may not be as effective as the standard splint treatment, and results may not apply to all TMD patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 124 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * presence of TMD pain diagnosis (myalgia, myofascial pain with referral, arthralgia and/or headache attributed to TMD), based on validated, international Diagnostic Criteria for TMD Axis I criteria * the patient has a full dentition (lack of a single tooth in a balanced occlusion does not preclude participation) Exclusion Criteria: * serious general illnesses such as rheumatism, schizophrenia or other serious mental illness * pregnancy
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Oulu
Oulu, 90014, Finland
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