A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON ASSESSMENT OF CONDYLAR POSITION BY THE TMJ RADIOGRAPHY

악관절 방사선 촬영법에 따른 과두위 분석에 관한 비교 연구

The author obtained the trans cranial radiographs of right and left side and the individualized lateral tomograms of right and left side after the analysis of submental vertex view from 8 young adults of 25-32 years with normal occlusion. The condylar position from 32 radiographs of normal TMJs were assessed with each measurement methods. All datas from these analyses were recorded and statistically processed with CYBER computer system. The results were obtained as follows. 1. In each measurement methods, the area measurements using the midpoint fossa and the midpoint condyle revealed the hightest concordance rate between the radiographic pairs. 2. In the subjective evaluation, the qualitative concordance existed in 44% and the full concordance existed in 25%, so it was found that concordance rates were relatively low between the radiographic pairs. 3. In each measurement methods, the area measurement using the midpoint fossa revealed the strongest correlation between the radiographic pairs. 4. The correlations between the area measurement using the midpoint fossa and subjective valuation revealed relatively strong value which is 0.926 in the trans cranial radiographic series and the lowest value which is 0.743 in the tomographic series.