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.
Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry/University of Würzburg, Federal Republic of Germany.
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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*