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Systematic Assessment of Mammalian Skull Specimens for Dental and Temporomandibular Joint Pathology
Published on: August 22, 2022
[Inclination of the temporomandibular eminence and craniomandibular disorders]
1Istituto di Odonto-Gnato-Stomatologia, Università degli Studi di Firenze.
Abstract:
The articular eminence angle of 30 patients with TMJ dysfunctions was measured on cephalometric X-ray and compared with the joints of 30 patients without TMJ disorders. The inclination of the posterior slope of the articular eminence was 52.9 degrees with a mean difference compared to the control group of 1.7 degrees. The vertical parameters appeared of less importance than the antero-posterior to produce TMJ dysfunction. In the skeletal class II group a steeper inclination, with a mean difference compared to the control group of 8.6 degrees, was seen in the symptomatic patients. The study of this angle could have a diagnostic and prognostic utility in the treatment of dysfunctional class II malocclusions.
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