INTRODUCTION Disc displacement without reduction with limited opening is an intracapsular biomechanical disorder involving the condyle-disc complex. With the mouth closed, the disc is in an anterior position in relation to the condylar head and does not reduce with mouth opening. This disorder is associated with persistent limited mandibular opening. CASE REPORT The patient presented severe l...

This report is based on a case of temporomandibular joint ankylosis discovered in a cadaver during routine student dissection in the Department of Anatomy at Tokyo Dental College. Extensive osseous ankylosis in the left temporomandibular joint was evident in this case which exhibited a distinctive bird-like facial deformity caused by a mandibular growth disorder. This resulted in the underdevel...

Traumatic bone cyst (TBC) occurs preferentially on the mandibular symphysis and body, but rarely on the mandibular condyle. When TBC occurs in the condylar area, it can usually be related with or misdiagnosed as a temporomandibular joint disorder. A 15-year-old female patient visited the Temporomandibular Joint Clinic with a 5-year history of pain and noise localized in the left temporomandibul...

ABSTRACT Purpose: to analyze the predictors of temporomandibular disorder in people with Parkinson’s disease, verifying their associations sociodemographic aspects and stages disease. Methods: a study based on secondary data from research conducted 2017 110 They were assessed Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders disease staging scale. The studied predictive variables pai...

this syndrome is a genetical disorder with symptoms result from deficit in the formation of connective tissue, especially collagen fiber biosynthesis. in these patients, there is hyperelasticity and fragility of the skin and mucosa. injuries sever bleeding, internal bleeding and hemartrosis may be seen in these patients. wounds leave scars after healing. there is recurrent dislocation of the jo...

BACKGROUND Trismus is a common symptom often related to the treatment for head and neck cancer and to temporomandibular disorders. The purpose of the present study was to measure the impact of trismus on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and mental health in patients with head and neck cancer and temporomandibular disorder. METHODS We used the criteria for trismus of maximum interincisal...

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Temporomandibular disorder is considered to be a set of clinical manifestations that affect the masticatory muscles, temporomandibular joint and adjacent structures, whose signs symptoms can negatively impact quality life their patients. A population group in which prevalence has increased recent years athletes. The aim present study was conduct an integrativ...