Objectives: To investigate the effects of teeth apical stress changes caused by teeth missing and its restoration on the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) stresses. Materials and Methods: The apical stresses measured from photo-elastic experiments (2Kg centric vertical loading to different kinds of occlusion separately) were applied to the established three-dimension finite elemental model. The str...

OBJECTIVE Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) involvement is common in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Dexamethasone iontophoresis (DIP) uses low-grade electric currents for transdermal dexamethasone delivery into deeper anatomic structures. The purpose of this study was to assess the safety and effectiveness of DIP for the treatment of TMJ involvement in JIA, and to delineate variables that are...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to carry out a histological examination of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) in ank mutant mice and to identify polymorphisms of the human ANKH gene in order to establish the relationship between the type of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) and ANKH polymorphisms. MATERIALS AND METHODS Specimens from the TMJ of ank mutant and wild-type mice were inspected with a h...

Objective: The study aims to evaluate the presence of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) and their severity in asymptomatic healthy individuals using Fonseca anamnestic index. Materials Method: A total 135 (80 females 55 males, mean age 34.4±10.9) were involved study. index was administered individuals. data analysis conducted by Pearson's chi-squared test, Fisher's exact one-way ANOVA, Spearman...

Inflammatory joint diseases can affect the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) but there has been uncertainty to what extent. Most common are rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PS). Especially RA can cause a handicapping situation both generally and in the TMJ, which can cause difficulties in coping with ordinary life situations. The knowledge about long-t...

BACKGROUND The objective of this epidemiological study is to map the dentofacial anomalies that can be correlated to the two most frequent spinal diseases responsible for postural abnormalities and that can be clinically identified by the orthodontic examination. METHODS Twenty-three children with Scheuermann's disease participated in the study (mean age: 14Y8M; SD: 1Y8M), 28 with Scoliosis (...

Temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) are a group of related disorders of the masticatory system (the masticatory musculature and the temporomandibular joint). The most frequent symptom is pain, usually localized in the muscles of mastication, the preauricular region, and the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). Patients often complain of jaw ache, earache, headache, and facial pain. In addition to pain...

This study evaluated the TMJ images of normal subjects and of those who presented TMD (temporomandibular disorders) using linear tomography at rest position. Craniomandibular Index (CMI) and a questionnaire on subjective symptoms were used to assess 217 subjects aged 12 to 18 years. Those with the highest and the lowest scores were divided into Control (n = 20) and TMD groups (n = 20), respecti...

Dear Readers, Temporomandibular disorders (TMD), a subclassification of musculoskeletal disorders, comprise a group of clinical problems affecting the masticatory muscles, the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), surrounding tissues components and combinations of these problems. These musculoskeletal disorders can produce signs and symptoms such as: functional limitation or deviation of the jaw durin...