Muzaffar Khan, Muhammad Wasim Ibrahim.
Functional rehabilitation by Gap Arthroplasty in Temporomandibular Joint Ankylosis
Pak Armed Forces Med J Dec 2002;52(2):174-8.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, AFID, Rawalpindi
A study was carried out from Jan 1999 till Dec 2001 at oral & maxillofacial department, AFID, Rawalpindi. The purpose of the study was twofold i.e.; retrospective to determine the cause of temporomandibular joint ankylosis and prospective to see the results of functional rehabilitation by gap arthroplasty with coronoidectomy followed by immediate postoperative mouth opening exercises with Monoblock by Reichenbach. Fifty (50) patients (63 joints) were treated and are regularly followed up. Study showed that major cause of temporomandibular joint ankylosis was trauma (88%) and the mean postoperative IED obtained through operative procedure and postoperative rehabilitation was 30.89 mm.
Category: Dentistry
Keywords: Arthroplasty. Temporomandibular Joint. Ankylosis. Joint.
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