[Determining the cause of clicking from clinical, roentgenological, and histological results (author's transl)]

A cause of clicking is described. Results of clinical, roentgenological, and histological examinations show that clicking may be considered to be due to overstraining of the lateral ligament of the temporomandibular joint or of a muscle lying between the tuberculum articulare and the collum mandibulae, respectively. Straining is triggered by a connective-tissue and bony protuberance produced by mechanical irritation on the lateral capitulum mandibulae.