Jaw lecture 12 Flashcards
Who is more likely to have jaw issues, males or females?
females 2:1
Whats more likely - neck pain causing jaw pain or jaw pain causing neck pain?
Neck pain causing jaw pain is much more likely (so look at the neck as well!!! [upper c-spine])
* note: the inverse is not true - if we had neck pain we don’t need to asses the jaw typically
KNOW: Muscles can often cause jaw pain as well
What two muscles are most likley to be causing jaw pain?
Upper Trap tenderness / Temporalis tenderness
(Temporalis is found by palpaiting temple and bighting down)
How would you know that that achy pain in their jaw is coming from their neck?
Mess w/ the cervical spine and if it brings on jaw pain then I’m thinking cervical spine
Is Masseter tenderness associated w/ TMJ?
No
So you have to make sure when palpating TMJ that its joint line tenderness and not masseter tenderness
KNOW: There is a disc that sits in the TMJ joint - its very strong because we need to be able to eat to live
arthrokinematics of TMJ joint?
Convex on Concave
Why are the ligaments around the TMJ taut ant protective?
Because a dislocated jaw can’t eat and doesnt allow for survival
KNOW: The ligaments / disc around the TMJ are rich w/ blood supply
So if theres injury there it will swell up like crazy
what two muscles is the lateral pterygoid made up of?
Superior / inferior lateral pterygoid
where do the superior / inferior head of the lateral pterygoid attach?
Attaches to the anterior surface of the mandibular condyle and has attachments to the anterior portion of the disc
What is the TMJ disc made from?
fibrocartilage = so it allows for flexibility and compression
KNOW: The TMJ disc seperates the joint cavitity into superior and inferior
* superior joint space = above the disc
* inferior joint space = below the disc
what is right under the disc?
articular cartilage of the mandibular condyle
Does the jaw allow for more sagital motion or transverse motion?
Sagittal - we can depress and elevate our jaw (open mouth) wider than back and forth
What do the collateral ligaments do at the TMJ
keep us from deviating to far altearlly or medially
How does the masseter muscle help at the TMJ? (does it stabilize)
Provides anterior stability
KNOW: Posterior is very stable as well because theres bone right there (temporalis / external auditory canal)
What are the muscles of mastication? (4)
Maseter
Temporalis
Medlial / lateral pterygoid
KNOW: theres really only 3 motions at the TMJ joint that needs muscular help because gravity assists w/ depression
What are the elevators in the TMJ complex? (elevates the jaw)
Temporalis, masseter, medial pterygoid, superior fibers of latearl pterygoid (all 4 muscles of masication)
What muscles are jaw depressors?
Inferior fibers of the latearl pterygoid
suprahyoid
infrahyoid
What muscles assest w/ lateral excursion (deviation) at the jaw (def a test question or 2 - know ipsilatearl / contralateral)
Ipsilatearl = temporalis / masseter
contralateral = medial and lateral pterygoids
If I deviate my jaw to the right what muscles are working?
Right side = temporalis / masseter (ipsilateral)
* think jaw closing muscles
Left side = medial / lateral pterygoids (contralatera)
*
Whats muscles do protrusion?
Superficial masseter
medial pterygoid
latearl pterygoid
Retrusion
Deep fibers of masseter
temporalis
suprahyoids
as we depress the mandible what are the arthrokinematics?
Roll = posterior
Glide = anterior
NOTE: For any of that to occur we must have an inferior pull - we have to distract the DMJ a little bit (keeps us from pinching up the disc)
note: this is opening the jaw
What are the arthokinematics of elevating jaw (closing mouth)
Roll = anterior
Glide = posterior
Arthrokinematics are latearl excursion (test question here)
Spine = ipsilatearl
Anterior glide = contralateral
notice in the picture the teeth coming forward
* do it in own mouth and see how teeth come forward
will also need to know all the muscles involved
which muscle refers to the ipsilatearal year then above both eyes?
SCM - clavicular portion
Which muscle refers to the back of the head - and makes an opposite U shap around the eye?
SCM - sternal portion
which muscle refers pain to the ipsilatearl jaw line area and up the back of the skull, along with the front 4 teeth
Digastric muscle
which muscle refers to the ipsilatearl top row of teeth - above eyebrow and over the side of the latearl head?
temporalis muscle
How would you know if a muscle is reffering to create tooth aches?
resist the muscle / poke the muscles and see if that pain is brough on