Unit 1 Week 3 TMJ Imaging Flashcards
Theroutineradiographicevaluationrelatedto thetemporomandibularjointmayconsistofthe following:
-Transcranialview,providingagrossviewofthe osseousstructuresofthelateralpartofthe temporomandibularjoint
-Panoramicviews
-Lateralcephalometry
___providesaccuratetomographyofthe osseousstructuresofthetemporomandibular joint,relativelyfreeofsuperimposition.
CT
___ bestdemonstratesintraarticularstructuresandcandemonstratethe shapeofthediskanditspositionatvarious pointsoftherangeofmotion.
MRI
___ offersaportable, lowcostalternativetoMRIforthediagnosisofdiskdisplacementandeffusion
ultrasound
Theradiologicfindingsofosteoarthritisinclude:
decreasedjointspace,subchondralsclerosis, osteophytosis,andflatteningandirregularityofthe jointsurfacesofthecondyleandarticular eminence
Theradiologicfindingsofrheumatoidarthritis include:
decreasedjointspace,subchondralcysts,and
resorptionofthecondylarhead.MRIwill
demonstratesofttissueedemaandjoint effusion
Diskdisplacementsareclassifiedas___ or___ displacementsorgradedaccordingtoposition ofthediskrelativetothecondyle
reducing or nonreducing
Radiologicfindingsof disk displacements include:
decreasedjointheight.
MRI,CT,orultrasoundwilldemonstratethediskthatisdisplacedinfrontofcondyleandreduces
atvariousdegreesofopening.
what is temporomandibular joint hypermobility?
excessivetranslationofthecondyleduring opening.Itisdemonstratedonconventional radiographsor MRI.
Imagingofthecervicalspinemaybeincludedintheassessmentoftemporomandibularjoint disordersbecause
thepositionofthesubcranial jointscaninfluencethebiomechanicsofthe
temporomandibularjointandmaybethecauseof referredcraniofacialpain
Theradiologicevaluationofthecervicalspine includestheseadditionalobservations:
Lateralradiograph:craniovertebralangleand lossofcervicallordosis
Anteroposterioropenmouthview:positionalfaultsinthecoronal plane