BACKGROUND The literature on total alloplastic temporomandibular joint (TMJ) reconstructions is encouraging, and studies on total alloplastic TMJ replacements outcomes showed acceptable improvements in terms of both pain levels and jaw function. Nevertheless, some adverse events, such as heterotopic bone formation around the implanted prosthesis, may occur. In consideration of that, the present...

PURPOSE Traditionally, the measurement of the maximal mouth opening was regarded as the mobility of the temporomandibular joint. The information, however, was not reliable. Sonography was often used to diagnose disc displacement in the temporomandibular joint and its validity was well established. The tool was also appropriate for measuring the outcome of temporomandibular disorders management....

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: For most cases, temporomandibular disorders should be treated by a non-invasive, interdisciplinary and integrative process. In traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture is an excellent tool aiming at treating and healing this disease. This study was a critical literature review to observe the efficacy of traditional Chinese acupuncture to treat muscular temporomandibu...

The auriculotemporal nerve is a sensory branch extending from the posterior section of the mandibular nerve trunk. Its nerve roots form a short trunk, which gives off a number of branches, innervating: the temporomandibular joint, the temporal region, structures of the external ear: auricle, and external acoustic meatus, and the parotid gland. It also conducts excretory fibres to the buccal...

Statement of the Problem. The clinical significance of condyle-fossa relationships in the temporomandibular joint is a matter of controversy. Different studies have evaluated whether the position of the condyle is a predictor of the presence of temporomandibular disorder. Purpose. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the condylar position according to gender in patients with temp...

AIMS The aim of this work was to evaluate the agreement between temporomandibular joint click sound and MR diagnoses of different disk positions. METHODS One hundred ninety-four (N=194) patients seeking treatment for temporomandibular disorders at the TMD Clinic, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Padova, Italy, underwent a bilateral magnetic resonance of the temporomandibular...

We describe an interesting case of oral sub mucous fibrosis accompanied by severe trismus in a 23 years old man. The patient had initially been diagnosed as having internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint and conservative treatment had failed to decrease the symptoms. Despite extremely limited temporomandibular joint movement, cone beam computed tomography revealed no important abnor...

BACKGROUND Cartilage degradation is a typical characteristic of arthritis. This study examined whether there was a subset of phagocytic chondrocytes that expressed the specific macrophage marker, CD163, and investigated their role in cartilage degradation. METHODS Cartilage from the knee and temporomandibular joints of Sprague-Dawley rats was harvested. Cartilage degradation was experimentall...

Introducción: la luxación de articulación temporomandibular es un desplazamiento del cóndilo fuera sus posiciones funcionales dentro fosa articular y eminencia articular, cual ocasiona una pérdida completa función articular. La crónica toda aguda que progresa sin tratamiento específico puede ser carácter recurrente. eminectomía quirúrgico definitivo contra temporomandibular. Objetivo: reportar ...

Temporomandibular disorder (TMD) and fibromyalgia (FM) have some clinical characteristics in common, for instance the chronic evolution, pathophysiology incompletely understood a multifactorial genesis. The incidence relationship between TMD FM patients are aims of this review. A MEDLINE Pubmed search was performed key words “temporomandibular disorder” AND “fibromyalgia” from 2000 to present. ...