Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic, disabling inflammatory disease, associated with psoriasis. Involvement of the Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) is very rare and may cause severe deformation or dysfunction. In this article, the authors presented a case of fibrous Ankylosis of TMJ caused by PsA and its natural history after 4 months. The findings of the report suggested that PsA in TMJ may pr...

Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory joint disease associated with psoriasis. PsA is often confused with other diseases such as osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. PsA involving temporomandibular joints (TMJs) are uncommon: only 19 articles with 43 cases have been documented in the literature. TMJ ankylosis caused by PsA is rare, with only six cases having been reported. The author...

PURPOSE This study was performed to find the relationship between pain and joint effusion using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in temporomandibular disorder (TMD) patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study subjects included 232 TMD patients. The inclusion criteria in this study were the presence of spontaneous pain or provoked pain on one or both temporomandibular joints (TMJs). The provoked...

background: the optimal position of the condyle in glenoid fossa is a fundamental question in dentistry. there is no quantitative standard for the optimal position of mandibular condyle in the glenoid fossa in our population. the purpose of this study is to assess the position of the condyle by cone beam computed tomography (cbct) images in patient with normal function of temporomandibular join...

The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) articulates the mandible with the maxilla. Temporomandibular joint disorders (TMD) are dysfunctions of this joint, which range from acute to chronic inflammation, trauma and dislocations, developmental anomalies and neoplasia. TMD manifest as signs and symptoms that involve the surrounding muscles, ligaments, bones, synovial capsule, connective tissue, teeth an...

The Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) is the joint which connects the lower jaw, called the mandible, to the temporal bone at the side of the head. The joint is very important with regard to speech, mastication and swallowing. Any problem that prevents this system from functioning properly may result in temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD). Symptoms include pain, limited movement of the jaw, radi...

AIMS To develop a rat model of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain and to characterize in it the development and temporal response of behavioral hypersensitivity as well as to evaluate if and to what extent a loading protocol is associated with histological changes in the TMJ consistent with osteoarthritic pathology. METHODS A novel rat model of TMJ pain was developed using a noninvasive, mech...

This randomized, double-blind study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the topical cream Theraflex-TMJ (NaBob/Rx, San Mateo, CA) in patients with masseter muscle pain and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain. Fifty-two subjects (5 males and 47 females) were instructed to apply a cream over the afflicted masseter muscle(s) or over the jaw joint(s) twice daily for two weeks. Theraflex-TM...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory, slowly progressive disease that results in cartilage and bone destruction. Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) involvement is not uncommon in RA, and it is present in about more than 50% of patients; however, TMJ is usually among the last joints to be involved and is associated with many varied clinical signs and symptoms. Hence, RA of TMJ present...

The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is one of the most complex joints in the human body. TMJ degenerative changes are studied by means of MRI morphological techniques. So far, to our best knowledge, there was no attempt to show the biochemical ultrastructure of cartilage in the TMJ in humans in-vivo. Our feasibility study show that the tracer accumulation occurs within 30 minutes and an inversion...