BACKGROUND Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) relate to discomfort of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). The disorder is multifactorial with a degree of psychogenic influence varying throughout an individual's life with phases of symptoms affecting the quality of life. In an attempt to treat this complex group of disorders many treatment modalities have been identified some of which are also con...

The treatment of temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) usually begins with conservative remedies such as medication, heat compression, patient education, and occlusal bite plates, among others. Normally, a combination of methods is needed to relieve patient symptoms because of the complexity of the disorder and its speci c etiology for each patient. Because acupuncture has been proven to posse...

The loss of teeth has serious functional, esthetic disabilities, in addition to compromising the patients' quality of life. Currently, in the private sector, the status of prosthetic rehabilitation is only limited to anterior teeth due to esthetic reasons and rarely the posteriors. This could be called as inefficiency or lack of knowledge on part of few dental practitioners to understand and ex...

PURPOSE The goal of this retrospective study was to examine whether utilization of condylar positioning devices in bilateral sagittal split osteotomy leads to long-term benefits for temporomandibular joint function as compared with the manual positioning technique. PATIENTS AND METHODS The joint function of 49 patients (98 joints) who underwent bilateral sagittal split osteotomy or bimaxillar...

a 25-yr-old iranian woman with incomplete abortion who was diagnosed and scheduled for dilatation and curettage procedures under general anesthesia. after premedication with fentanyl 50µg and midazolam 2mg and enough pre-oxygenation, anesthesia was induced by sodium thiopental 250 mg and succynilcholine 60 mg with mask ventilation. after completion of procedure, the patient had a period of lary...

Temporomandibular joint disorders refer to a complex and poorly understood set of conditions, manifested by pain in the area of jaw and associated muscles, and limitations in the ability to make normal movements like mastication, speech and swallowing. Arthritis as it affects other joints also affects temporomandibular joint (TMJ). The present study was undertaken to study the clinical aspects ...

background: different interpositional materials have been used to prevent recurrence after gap arthroplasty in temporomandibular joint ankylosis. in this study, the temporalis superficial fascia flap was evaluated as an interpositional material after condylectomy.   materials and methods: 9 cases of unilateral or bilateral temporomandibular joint ankylosis were evaluated in this study with a fo...