title: Adaptive remodeling of the rabbit temporomandibular joint following discectomy and dietary variations.
abstract: This study evaluates the healing of the rabbit temporomandibular joint (TMJ) following discectomy in four groups of animals fed a ground diet for 3 consecutive months (group 1), a ground diet for 1 month followed by 2 months of a coarse diet (group 2), a ground diet for 6 consecutive months (group 3), or a ground diet for 3 months followed by a coarse diet for 3 months (group 4), in order to evaluate the effects of changing the diet texture following discectomy. After 3 and 6 months, histologic evaluation demonstrated that 1) an early hyperplastic response in the fibrocartilage regressed in the later period regardless of diet, and 2) switching the ground diet to a hard diet caused degenerative scores to increase after both 1 and 3 months.
authors.affiliation: Louisiana State University Medical Center, School of Dentistry, New Orleans 70119.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Block
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bouvier
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004032:Diet; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000473:pathology; D011817:Rabbits; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*