title: [Inclination of the temporomandibular eminence and craniomandibular disorders].
abstract: The articular eminence angle of 30 patients with TMJ dysfunctions was measured on cephalometric X-ray and compared with the joints of 30 patients without TMJ disorders. The inclination of the posterior slope of the articular eminence was 52.9 degrees with a mean difference compared to the control group of 1.7 degrees. The vertical parameters appeared of less importance than the antero-posterior to produce TMJ dysfunction. In the skeletal class II group a steeper inclination, with a mean difference compared to the control group of 8.6 degrees, was seen in the symptomatic patients. The study of this angle could have a diagnostic and prognostic utility in the treatment of dysfunctional class II malocclusions.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Odonto-Gnato-Stomatologia, Università degli Studi di Firenze.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Savastano
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Craca
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008312:Malocclusion, Angle Class II / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013706:Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
vernacular_title: Inclinazione dell'eminenza temporo-mandibolare e disordini cranio-mandibolari.