[The treatment of temporomandibular joint involvement in Bechterew's disease]

The authors analyzed experience gained in the treatment of the temporomandibular joint involvement in Bechterew's disease. Three groups of this complication were distinguished and treatment protocols offered for all of them. Drugs used in the treatment are compared. Surgical treatment of an ankylosed joint using a titanium endoprosthesis of a half-joint is described.