PURPOSE: Although condyle is one of the frequent site of fracture in the mandible, anatomical and functional complexity of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) make the treatment policy of mandibular condyle fracture controversial. 2,3 Watanabe et al. reported a novel treatment for mandibular condylar fractures: a dynamic distraction treatment. 4 This application of a dynamic internal distraction ...

Cysts of the mandibular condyle are rare and can be difficult to diagnose and treat. Clinically, a simple bone cyst is asymptomatic and often discovered incidentally on routine radiographic examination. This report shows an atypical simple bone cyst occurring in the mandibular condyle showing recurrence after surgical curettage. Radiologically, this lesion involving the mandibular condyle shoul...

Objective: Having detailed knowledge about the anatomical structure of mandible is important for anthropologists, forensic scientists and reconstructive surgeons. There are several imaging modalities visualizing the mandibular morphology. Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) is a developing technique that is being increasingly used in dento-maxillo-facial imaging due to its relatively low dose ...

Osteochondroma is rarely found in the oral and maxillofacial regions. A rare case of osteochondroma affecting the mandibular condyle of a 46-year-old Japanese woman is reported. Clinical examination revealed facial asymmetry, malocclusion, and a palpable hard mass in the right temporomandibular joint (TMJ). Radiologically, the lesion was visualized as a radiopaque mass in the same region, but n...

Reference genes are commonly used as a reliable approach to normalize the results of quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), and to reduce errors in the relative quantification of gene expression. Suitable reference genes belonging to numerous functional classes have been identified for various types of species and tissue. However, little is currently known regarding the most suitable re...

It has been shown that the blood supply of the coronoid process, mandibular angle, and condyle of the rat, monkey, and man arises from arteries that supply the muscles attaching to these processes, and generally not from the inferior alveolar artery which primarily supplies the mandibular body and teeth.'-5 It is the purpose of this study to demonstrate the intraosseous blood supply of the guin...

INTRODUCTION Osteochondroma of mandibular condyle is a rare benign tumor. CASE REPORT This case report described clinical, radiographic features, differential diagnosis, histopathologic correlation and treatment of condylar osteochondroma. CONCLUSION Conebeam computed tomography (CBCT) is an alternative modality to CT or MRI that should be performed in all cases of suspected osteochondroma ...

The present study was designed to explore the relationship between neovascularization, hypertrophic cartilage and the microstructural properties of cancellous bone in adult rat's condyle in response to mechanical strain produced by mandibular advancement.Seventy-eight 120-day-old female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly allotted to six groups, nine animals in each experimental group according t...

Runx2 is a transcription factor prerequisite for chondrocyte maturation and osteoblast differentiation. We tested the hypothesis that Runx2 is responsible for signaling chondrocyte maturation and endochondral ossification in the condyle during mandibular advancement. Fifty 35-day-old Sprague-Dawley rats were fitted with functional appliances for 3, 7, 14, 21, and 30 days. Experimental animals w...