Imaging Science in Dentistry

Korean Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology (대한영상치의학회)
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A comparison of clinical symptoms and magnetic resonance images in temporomandibular joint disorders

측두하악관절 장애 환자의 임상증상과 자기공명영상에 관한 비교 연구

  • Choi Yong-Suk (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, College of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Hwang Eui-Hwan (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, College of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Lee Sang-Rae (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, College of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University)
  • 최용석 (경희대학교 치과대학 구강악안면방사선학교실) ;
  • 황의환 (경희대학교 치과대학 구강악안면방사선학교실) ;
  • 이상래 (경희대학교 치과대학 구강악안면방사선학교실)
  • Published : 2003.06.01
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Abstract

Purpose : To determine the relationship between clinical symptoms and magnetic resoncance (MR) images in patients presenting with temoporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders. Materials and Methods: This study was based on 172 joints in 86 patients presenting with TMJ disorders. Joint pain and sound during jaw opening and closing movements were recorded, and the possible relationship between disc positions and bony changes of the condylar head and the articular fossa in MR images in the oblique sagittal planes were examined. Data were analyzed by Chi-square test. Results : There was no statistically significant relationship between clinical symptoms and MR images in the patients with TMJ disorders. Conclusion: In the patient with TMJ disorders, joint pain and sound could not be specific clinical symptoms that are related with MR image findings, and asymptomatic joints did not necessarily imply that the joints are normal according to MR image findings.

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