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Critical assessment of temporomandibular joint clicking in diagnosing anterior disc displacement
Giedre Kobs1, Olaf Bernhardt, Thomas Kocher
1Institute of Odontology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Zalgirio 115, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Objectives:
The objective of this study was to compare temporomandibular joint (TMJ) findings from clinical examination and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for diagnosing anterior disc displacement.
Material And Methods:
114 subjects with at least one sign of temporomandibular disorders (tenderness/pain on palpation of the joints or muscles, TMJ sounds, pain or deviation during maximum mouth opening (active/passive)) and 193 controls underwent MRI after proper history taking and assessment of clinical symptoms.
Results:
464 joints with no disk displacement (NDD), 114 joints with reducible displaced disk (RDD), and 36 joints with permanently displaced disk (PDD) were confirmed on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Conclusion:
The results suggest that anterior disc displacement of the TMJ can not be diagnosed with considerable accuracy through the use of clinical examination only.
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