TMJ function with and without orthodontic treatment.
In order to evaluate the functional status of the stomatognathic system of former orthodontic patients, a review of current literature is given. In addition, a sample of orthodontically-treated subjects and a control group was investigated by means of clinical functional analysis. The figures found in the literature and the results of this study failed to reveal orthodontic treatment as a frequent cause of stomatognathic dysfunction symptoms. Instead, we found the functional status and occlusal parameters of our former orthodontic patients to be more harmonious than in the control group.
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Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry/University of Würzburg, Federal Republic of Germany.
Bakopulos
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Witt
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D000328:Adult; D016302:Centric Relation; D003725:Dental Articulators; D003768:Dental Occlusion, Centric; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008334:Mandible / Q000502:physiology; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D008410:Masticatory Muscles / Q000502:physiology; D009068:Movement; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective; D013016:Sound; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000502:physiology*