Week 3 TMJ Flashcards
TMD
Temporomandibular Dysfunction
- 20-40 y/o
- woman 4x more commonO
orofacial Pain
pain in the face and jaw/mouth region
Temporomandibular Dysfunction Contributing Factors
- Microtrauma
- Malocclusion
- Cervical spine
- hypermobility
- Bad habits- bruxism (grinding teeth), mouth breathing, nail biting
- Psychosocial factors- stress, anxiety, anger, depression
TMJ Anatomy review
- 2 joint compartment superior/inferior
- Inferior Joint space is where the roll and slide arthrokinematics happen
- Superior Joint space is where the movement of translation happens
- retro discal lamina (restraining ligaments) superior head of the later pterygoid attaches to it which helps give it stability during interior translation of the mandible
Lateral ligaments give lateral stability to the joint
Arthrokinematics TMJ Protrusion
protrusion: condyle and disc translate anteriorly following the slope of the articular eminence.
Arthrokinematics TMJ Retrusion
retrusion: condyle and disc translate posteriorly following the slope of the articular eminence.
Arthrokinematics TMJ Lateral excursion
Lateral excursion: side to side translation of disc and condyle in fossa; occurs with slight rotation in horizontal plane
Arthrokinematics TMJ Depression
depression: when the mouth begins to open the condyle rolls in the fossa anteriorly; then the disc moves and the condyle slides anteriorly; limited by the superior retrodiscal laminae
Arthrokinematics TMJ Elevation
elevation: reversal of depression.
Muscles used in Protrusion
protrusion: masseter, temporalis, medial and lateral pterygoids
Muscles used for Retrusion
retrusion: temporalis; suprahyoids
Muscles used for depression of TMj
depression: lateral pterygoid; suprahyoid
elevation: masseter, temporalis, medial pterygoid
During elevation of the mandible….
(a) the superior retrodiscal laminae does what ?
(b) The superior head of the lateral pterygoid does what ?
a) pull on the TMJ disc to bring it back into the fossa
(b) controls the tension in the disc and it’s position during resisted closure of the jaw.
TMJ Norms
1. Opening
2. Lateral Excursion
3. Protrusion
- opening 43mm
- lateral excursion 9mm
- protrusion 7mm
DDwR
Disc Dislocation with Reduction
- Starts with a disc that is anteriorly positioned with respect to the condyle
- person is resting in a dislocated position and when the person begins to open their mouth and at some point the opening disc reduces and goes back into its normal position which is the top of the condyle YOU WILL HEAR A CLICK
- Person will continue to open their mouth normally with the disc reduced in its proper position on the condyle
- when the condyle is receding back toward the fossa right before maximal closing the disc slips anteriorly again
- YOU WILL HEAR ANOTHER CLICK BEFORE CLOSING FULLY where it goes back into the dislocated position
- ROM grossly WNL
- History of Hypermobility
- Reciprocal Click