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Temporomandibular joint eminence augmentation by down-fracture and inter-positional cartilage graft. A new surgical
N M Whear1, J D Langdon, D W Macpherson
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, King's College Hospital Dental School, London, UK.
International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
|December 1, 1991
Abstract:
A new surgical technique for the treatment of recurrent temporomandibular joint subluxation or dislocation is described. Following a horizontal osteotomy and down-fracture of the articular eminence an inter-positional bovine cartilage xenograft is inserted in order to augment the vertical height of the eminence. The procedure combines simplicity with minimal post-operative morbidity. The increase in eminence height is both predictable and stable.