OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between temporomandibular joint disk displacement (TMJ DD) and facial asymmetry in skeletal Class III patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS The subjects comprised 97 skeletal Class III adult patients seeking orthodontic treatment. In addition to the routine lateral and posteroanterior (PA) cephalograms, and regardless of the TMJ status, each subject consent...

OBJECTIVES To collect demographic and clinical data on pediatric mandibular fractures and to assess temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction in patients with condylar and subcondylar (C/SC) fractures. DESIGN Retrospective case series of pediatric mandibular fractures (1999-2009) with follow-up telephone questionnaire of patients with C/SC fractures. Collected data included age, gender, unila...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to perform a validation study assessing the correlation between magnetic resonance (MR) findings of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disk displacement and effusion and some parameters drawn from kinesiographic (KG) recordings of jaw motion, i.e., deflection, deviations, incisures. STUDY DESIGN Thirty-one patients with TMJ disorders underwent a kinesiographic r...

Copyright: © 2013 Jeske NA. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Disorders of the Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) have become more prevalent in patients seeking care for joint, muscle, and associated ...

The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disc plays a critical role in normal function of the joint, and many disorders of the TMJ are a result of disc dysfunction. Previous quantitative TMJ characterization studies examined either the human or a specific animal model, but no single study has compared different species, in the belief that differences in joint morphology, function, and diet would be re...

INTRODUCTION To evaluate whether the hypothesis that estrogen levels are associated with temporomandibular disorders (TMD) in humans can be confirmed or contradicted by available literature. MATERIAL AND METHODS A systematic review based on the content of PubMed, Scopus, and Cochrane Library databases was performed. Studies were identified using a combination of key words 'temporomandibular d...

Several works showed a decreased role for occlusion in the etiology of temporomandibular disorders (TMD). Nonetheless, it may be hypothesized that occlusion acts as a modulator through which bruxism activities may cause damage to the stomatognathic structures. To test this hypothesis, a logistic regression model was created with the inclusion of clinically diagnosed bruxism and eight occlusal f...

BACKGROUND Virtually all the articles in literature addressed only a specific type of dislocation. The aim of this review was to project a comprehensive understanding of the pathologic processes and management of all types of dislodgement of the head of the mandibular condyle from its normal position in the glenoid fossa. In addition, a new classification of temporomandibular joint dislocation ...

Background No epidemiological studies have targeted the association between experience of orthodontic treatment and symptoms of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) in a large adult population. In this study, we investigated whether experience of orthodontic treatment is associated with symptoms of TMJ in adults. Methods We used data from the Fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Sur...

T joint internal derangement (TMJ-ID) is the most common form of the TMJ disorders with broad nonsurgical and surgical treatment modalities. The results of these different treatment modalities vary from study to study and from author to author resulting in unremitting dilemma. In view of the fact that, the disease is multifactorial, while our vision are constrained.Then, to achieve a better tre...