Bone reaction in temporomandibular joint dysfunction. An investigation with bone scintigraphy and gamma imaging.
Scintigraphy was used in eight patients with temporomandibular joint dysfunction to detect changes in bone metabolism assumed to be responses to altered activity of the masticatory muscles. Asymmetry in clinical signs and symptoms coincided with the asymmetry observed in the computed horizontal tomograms.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013706:Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed