title: Anatomy of the mandible, temporomandibular joint, and dentition.
abstract: This article provides an overview of the normal gross anatomy and physiology of the mandible, TMJ, as well as a working overview of normal dental anatomy. The appearances of a number of important anatomic structures and features on plain film, computed tomography, reformatted computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging studies are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: DelBalso
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008334:Mandible / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011861:Radiography, Dental; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed