title: Assessment of temporomandibular joint disease.
abstract: The diagnosis of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders consists of clinical (Reaserch Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders, RDC/TMD) and additional (computer tomography, CT or magnetic resonance imaging, and MRI) examinations. Due to the growing knowledge of pathologic changes within the TMJ, the researches become more aware of the difficulty in detection the early symptoms of disorders using conventional examination. Therefore, it is now expected that the collected samples of synovial fluid, serum, or urine samples could enable easier identification of inflammatory process course, and degenerative cartilage changes state.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Medical University of Warsaw, 59 Nowogrodzka St., Bldg. XIA, 02-006, Warsaw, Poland, kostrzewa@stoma-med.net.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kostrzewa-Janicka
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mierzwinska-Nastalska
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jurkowski
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Okonski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nedzi-Gora
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001769:Blood / Q000378:metabolism; D003813:Dentistry / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000175:diagnosis; D013582:Synovial Fluid / Q000378:metabolism; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016482:Urinalysis / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers