Objective: To determine the cost effectiveness of arthrocentesis as initial treatment compared to care as usual (CAU) for temporomandibular joint (TMJ) arthralgia. Materials and methods: 80 patients were randomly allocated…
We retrospectively reviewed the outcomes of one surgeon’s experience over 7 years of open surgical management of TMD following failure to respond to arthroscopy to identify which patients benefit from…
Background and objectives: Temporomandibular disorder (TMD) prevalence is higher in females than males (with ratio between 3:1 and 9:1). Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a multisystem disease and characterized with…
Purpose: To evaluate sternoclavicular graft (SCG) as an adaptive centre for temporomandibular joint (TMJ) reconstruction in TMJ ankylosis. Patients and methods: A retrospective analysis of 27 cases of ankylosed temporomandibular…
Patients with end stage degenerative, rheumatoid and ankylotic disease of the TMJ can be successfully managed with total prosthetic replacement. There is little understanding of the factors responsible for dislocation…
Artificial replacement of the human TMJ is used as the last possibility in severe TMJ destruction. But history of the TMJ replacement was shaped by multiple failures based on unsufficient…
Introduction: Nowadays, the surgical approach of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder is controversed, the extensive TMJ disease with failure of conservatory treatment are treated by different surgical ways: conservatory arthroplasty…
Condylectomy is the treatment of choice for patients who present active condylar hyperplasia. The authors have worked with a treatment algorithm for this condition that basically is sustained in the…
Several algorithms have been published to manage patients with mandibular condylar hyperplasia. The authors have developed and applied a comprehensive diagnosis and treatment algorithm for this condition for more than…
Background and objectives: Unilateral condylar hyperplasia (UCH) is a rare asymmetric condition of the mandible due to condylar pathology resembling growth, with unknown aetiology. Obwegeser et al. described a classification…
