Arthroscopic investigation of the status of temporomandibular joint in patients with temporomandibular joint pain / 华西口腔医学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the status of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) in patients with complaints of joint pain for improving clinical therapy.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Twenty three joints in twenty patients who complained of TMJ pain were examined radiographically and arthroscopically.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>There were at least one and more to six pathological changes could be found arthroscopically in the 23 temporomandibular joints, which were different in some respects with radiographic findings.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>TMJ related pain may be associated with pathological alterations in the TMJ, and synovitis may be one of the causes of TMJ pain.</p>