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Condylar replacement alone is not sufficient for prosthetic reconstruction of the temporomandibular joint
A Westermark1, D Koppel, C Leiggener
1Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. anders.westermark@karolinska.se
International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
|March 17, 2006
Abstract:
Prosthetic reconstruction of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a controversial method of treatment. This paper presents 2 cases that illustrate the problem with prosthetic reconstruction of the condylar head with no fossa reconstruction. In both cases, severe erosion and heterotopic bone formation occurred, and the patients underwent installation of total TMJ prostheses to replace the previous, partial ones.
