Sudden open bite resulting from hemarthrosis: report of a case.
In contrast to chronic inability to open the mouth, inadequate closure of the jaws seldom occurs. The present case describes a young women with hereditary hyperlipoproteinism on an anticoagulant who suddenly developed an unilateral open bite due to a hemarthrosis of the left TMJ. After aspiration of the accumulated blood in the temporomandibular joint, the open bite disappeared and the occlusion became normal.
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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital, Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, The Netherlands.
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D000293:Adolescent; D001777:Blood Coagulation / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006395:Hemarthrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000209:etiology*; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D013918:Thrombin Time