Browsing by Subject "Temporomandibular joint"
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Age-Dependent Physiological Changes in the Histoarchitecture of the Articular Cartilage of the Rabbit Mandibular Condyle: A Morphological and Morphometric Study
(Karger, 2012-01-01)Mandibular condyle articular cartilage participates in condylar postnatal growth and is responsible for adaptations to anatomical and/or bionnechanical alterations throughout life. in a preliminary study in rabbits, ...
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Changes in temporomandibular joint disc position and form following Herbst and fixed orthodontic treatment
(E H Angle Education Research Foundation, Inc, 2010-09-01)Objective: To determine the changes in the position and form of the temporomandibular joint articular disc in adolescents with Class II division 1 malocclusion and mandibular retrognathism treated with the Herbst appliance ...
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Effects of COX-2 inhibitor in temporomandibular joint acute inflammation
(Int Amer Assoc Dental Researchi A D R/a A D R, 2007-05-01)Since it is recognized that cyclo-oxygenase-2 mediates nociception and the sleep-wake cycle as well, and that acute inflammation of the temporomandibular joint ( TMJ) results in sleep disturbances, we hypothesized that ...
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Prevalence of the Third Head of the Lateral Pterygoid Muscle: A Magnetic Resonance Image Study
(Soc Chilena Anatomia, 2009-12-01)The lateral pterygoid muscle (LPM) is important in the physiology and dysfunction of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), which has described the presence of a third head in the lateral pterygoid muscle (THLPM). The purpose ...
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Ressonância magnética dos músculos da mastigação e da articulação temporomandibular na distrofia miotônica de Steinert
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2000)A distrofia miotonica de Steinert (DM) e uma doenca multissistemica com o gene responsavel localizado no cromossomo 19. O envolvimento muscular e caracterizado por miotonia e fraqueza que em geral iniciam na segunda ou ...
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Temporomandibular Joint Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analysis in Adults with Steinert's Myotonic Dystrophy
(Soc Chilena Anatomia, 2013-03-01)The aim was to analyze the characteristics of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) in a group of adult patients suffering from Steinert's muscular dystrophy (DM1). This study included 42 adult patients aged between 21 and 69 ...
