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Closed reduction of chronic bilateral temporomandibular joint dislocation. A case report
1Second Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan.
International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
|December 1, 1996
Abstract:
Attempts at manual reduction under general anesthesia of a chronically dislocated temporomandibular joint were unsuccessful. Light elastic traction was applied to modified dentures, and after 7 weeks the condyles were partially repositioned. Without further active reduction, the condyles were fully reseated by 9 months.