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A mouth opening index for patients with temporomandibular disorders
V J Miller1, V Bookhan, D Brummer
1Department of Conservative Dentistry, School of Oral Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. 078vicjm@cosmos.wib.ac.za
Journal of Oral Rehabilitation
|July 9, 1999
Abstract:
Limitation of mouth opening is an important sign of temporomandibular disorders. It is usually measured linearly from the incisal edge of the maxillary incisors to the incisal edge of the mandibular incisors. This measurement has been queried. A new measure of mouth opening, the opening index is suggested. It was shown that the mean opening index differs for groups of patients with a myogenous or arthrogenous temporomandibular joint problem.