TMJ Flashcards
What is para function?
Purposeless oro mandibular movements
What is the stomatoghnathic system?
TMJ
Muscle
Occlusion
What are examples of para function?
Bruxism,
Check biting
Nail biting
Bruxism can be…
Day or night
Most people brux during?
The day 30%
Night time 7-10%
What is the aetiology of bruxism?
Habit
Concentration
Stress
Sleep disorder
What are the TMJ disorders?
Growth and development Trauma Neoplasm Arthritis Degenerative TMD Dislocation Ankylosis Internal derangement
What is an example of a grower abnormality of TMJ?
Condylar hyperplasia
Condylar aplasia
Condylar Hypoplasia
What is an example of a traumatic injury to TMJ?
Fracture of condyles
Guards man
Fracture of body
Fracture of ramus
Why us an example of a condylar neoplasm?
Benign or malignant but are rare
Primary tumours of TMJ are less than 1% of head and neck tumours usually metasteses from 5B’s
Osteoma
Chondroma
Chondrosarcoma
Metastatic
Give an example of a degenerative diseases of TMJ
Osteoarthritis
RA
JA
Give an example of an inflammatory disease of TMJ
Inflammatory arthritis
What are the features of osteoarthitis? And symptoms
Beaking : oesophytes
Flattening: of condylar head
Cysts: subchondral Ely cysts
SSE
Sclerosis of glenoid fossa
Subchondral sclerosis (eburnatjkn)
Erosion of articular surface of condylar head
Chronic pain, crepitus, difficulty in chewing
How does RA of TMJ present?
Flattening of condylar head Erosion and destruction of condylar surface Occasional oesophytes Hollowing of gelonoid fossa Reduced range of movement Usually bilateral and symmetrical
What is TMD?
A narrow spectrum of relatively non specific disorders that affect the TMJ and or MOM
What are the primary symptoms of TMJ?
Pain and muscle or joing Click Limitation Grinding Pain from joint capsule, restrodiscsl tissues muscles Locking