lntraosseous hemangiomas are benign tumors occurring most often in the skull and vertebrae. Rarely , these lesions can present in the maxilla and mandible. We found in the literature a case of an intraosseous hemangioma involving the mandibular condyle (1 ). We wish to report the panoramic zonographic, computed tomographic, and pathologic findings of another case involving both the condyle and ...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to evaluate the influence of intracapsular fracture lines of the mandibular condyle on the anatomical and functional recovery after non-surgical closed treatment. METHODS Clinical and radiological follow-up of 124 patients with intracapsular fractures of the mandibular condyle was performed after closed treatment between 2005 and 2012. The intracapsular fr...

Endochondral bone formation observed at the mandibular condyle is regulated by various growth factors including insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I). In this paper, we describe a method for the local administration of IGF-I to the bilateral mandibular articular cavities of 3- and 12-week-old rats, and the effects of IGF-I on endochondral bone formation by histomorphometric techniques. In 3-week...

Introduction The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) in carnivores is a ginglymoid (hinge) joint in which the preglenoid and postglenoid processes limit anteroposterior movements of the mandibular condyle, permitting almost exclusively rotation around a transverse axis (Becht, 1953; Maynard Smith & Savage, 1959; Noble, 1973; Freeman, 1979; Crompton, 1981). In contrast, the TMJ in anthropoid primates ...

OBJECTIVES We retrospectively evaluated the impact of mandibular third molars on the occurrence of angle and condyle fractures. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a retrospective investigation using patient records and radiographs. The sample set consisted of 440 patients with mandibular fractures. Eruption space, depth and angulation of the third molar were measured. RESULTS Of the 144 angle f...

A 21-year-old woman presented with facial asymmetry. Crepitus and clicking of the temporomandibular joint were noted. The midline deviated 5.5 mm to the left, and secondary malocclusion was observed. Panoramic and cone-beam computed tomographic images showed an irregular and exophytic bony mass on the anteromedial surface of the right mandibular condyle. A 3-phase bone scan revealed increased t...

We studied 40 patients exhibiting radiologic changes of either osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) or avascular necrosis (AVN) involving the mandibular condyle to evaluate the structural changes associated with these lesions when using high-field-strength MR imaging. Various clinical indications for imaging each patient with routine radiography, tomography, and surface-coil MR included headache, te...

The principles of management of mandibular fractures differ in children when compared to adults and depend on the specific age-related status of the growing mandible and the developing dentition. This paper presents a case report with a complex facial trauma affecting the mandibular body and condyle region and dentoalveolar complex. Clinical examination revealed soft tissue injuries, limited mo...

To identify genetic expression of mandibular condylar cartilage during natural growth and under mechanical strain as a result of mandibular advancement. One hundred and forty four 35 days old female Sprague-Dawley rats were sacrificed on 8 different experimental days. Total RNA was extracted for oligonucleotide microarray gene chips containing 15,923 transcripts. Sixteen genes representing the ...