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Rehabilitation of the temporomandibular joint after arthroscopic surgery
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Fla.
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, and Oral Pathology
|May 1, 1992
Abstract:
Arthroscopy of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a new, relatively noninvasive surgical procedure for treating patients with TMJ dysfunctions beyond management by nonsurgical means. Ninety-two patients who underwent diagnostic and operative TMJ arthroscopy completed a staged physical therapy regimen, which resulted in functional mobility and mandibular use with little or no pain at 24-month follow-up. This report introduces TMJ arthroscopic diagnostic and surgical procedures and their respective rehabilitative protocols currently used to provide beneficial outcomes in postoperative treatment.