Magnetic resonance imaging characteristics of temporomandibular joint pain during opening and biting in patients with disc displacement.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the magnetic resonance (MR) imaging characteristic of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain during opening and biting in patients with disk displacement.


METHODS
MR images of 1252 TMJs in 640 patients with disk displacement were studied retrospectively. The relationship between TMJ pain and age, sex, and MR imaging findings, such as disk displacement with or without reduction, TMJ fluid, and osteoarthrosis, was analyzed using logistic regression analysis.


RESULTS
The resultant data showed a significant relationship between TMJ pain during maximum jaw opening and disk displacement without reduction (OR = 2.36). The resultant data also showed a significant relationship between TMJ pain during maximum biting and TMJ fluid (OR = 1.85).


CONCLUSIONS
The results suggest that TMJ pain during opening and biting is related to disk displacement without reduction and TMJ fluid on MR images.
Ogura
Ichiro
I
Department of Radiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Chiba, Japan. iogura@mascat.nihon-u.ac.jp <iogura@mascat.nihon-u.ac.jp>
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D018771:Arthralgia / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000473:pathology; D016015:Logistic Models; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008409:Mastication; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000473:pathology; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D013582:Synovial Fluid; D019224:Temporomandibular Joint Disc / Q000473:pathology*; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000473:pathology*