TMJ Flashcards
TMJ joins it a ___ going
Gliding
Describe the TMJ joint
Convex articular condyle of the mandible
Concave articular fossa on the squamous portion of temporal bone
The TMJ joint is separated by a what
Fibrocartilaginous articular disc (meniscus)
What are the three parts of the fibrocartilaginous articular disc
Thick anterior band
Thin intermediate zone
Thick posterior band
Meniscus of TMJ with mouth closed
The condyle is separated form the articular fossa Kd the temporal bone by the thick posterior band
Meniscus with mouth open
The condyle is separated from the articular eminence of the temporal bone by the thin intermediate zone
Muscles of mastication
Digastric, suprahyoid, left lateral and medial pterygoids, temporalis, masseter
What do digastric, suprahyoid do
Depress mandible (infrahyoid stabilizes hyoid bone) initially, then pterygoids depress jaw
What do left lateral and medial teratoid do
Move mandible lateral and forward to the right
What do temporalis, masseter, medial pterygoids do
Close jaw tightly
What does buccinator do
Approximates lips and compresses cheeks (blowing)
What does depressor labii inferior do
Protrudes lower lip (pouting)
What does depressor anguli oris and platysma do
Draw corner of mouth down
What does mentalis do
Draws tip of chin upward
What does orbicularis oris do
Approximates and compresses lips
What does zygomatic minor do
Protrudes upper lip
What does levator anguli oris do
Lifts upper border of lip on one side without raising lateral angle (snarl)
What does zygomaticus major do
Raises lateral angle of mouth to smile
What does risorius do
Approximates lips and draws lips and draws corners lateral
Grimace
Frontal belly of occipitofrontalis
Wrinkle forehead, raise eyebrows
Platysma
Tense skin of neck
Signs symptoms
Cpehalgia-misdiagnosed as migraines
Otalgia
Neck pain
Eye pain
Shoulder and back pain
Tinutis
Dull ache worse with chewing
Difficulty opening mouth
Click crepitans(jaw click usually present with disc displacement, but by itself non diagnostic)
Lateral deviation of jaw
Spasm within facial muscles
Onset of TMJ symptoms may correspond with onset of stress or added stressors
1 retrospective study of 4528 patients with TMD with pain, ear discomfort, headache, TMJ discomfort or dysfunction
Other symptoms
Neck pain
Eye pain
Arm back pain
Dizziness
TMJ and nocturnal bruxism
Controversial
Jaw clenching
Anxiety and psychosocial stress
Does not interfere with treatment in most cases
-although a severely distributed capacity for interpersonal relationships is associated with poor prognosis
Types of TMJ dysfunction
Opening click
Closing click (reciprocal clicking)
Inability to fully open jaw (close locked)
Inability to close if TMJ symptoms are bilateral
Crepitus and grating
Fusion of joint (ankylosis)
What causes jaw click
*Disc displacement after disc thins or is stretched
Adhesions
Uncoordinated muscle action of pterygoid
Tear or perforation of disc
Osteoarthritis(more likely to have crepitus)
Occlusion imbalance (less likely
Where will we be interfering for TMJ dysfunctions
Pterygoids, masseter, temporalis
Trauma to cause TMJ dysfunction
Direct, whiplash, third molar extraction, intubation
Left deviation
Right medial and lateral pterygoid dysfunction
Right deviation jaw
Left medial and lateral pterygoid