title: Infrared thermography in oral and maxillofacial surgery.
abstract: A highly sensitive infrared thermographic camera was evaluated in a variety of physiologic and pathologic conditions associated with the head and neck. Although it may have clinical applications, particularly in the field of facial pain and the temporomandibular joint, such wide variations in normal values were noted that any standardization was extremely difficult.
authors.affiliation: Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of California, San Francisco.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pogrel
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Yen
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009055:Mouth / Q000601:surgery*; D009209:Myofascial Pain Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis; D056948:Orthognathic Surgical Procedures; D013706:Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D013817:Thermography / Q000295:instrumentation