Orthognathic and Orthodontic Treatments for TMJ-osteoarthritis with Jaw Deformity

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  • TANAKA Eiji
    Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School
  • HORIUCHI Shinya
    Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School
  • KURODA Shingo
    Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School

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in the early medical literature, first promoted TMJ anatomical misalignment as a new and separate source of facial pain. Nowadays, TMDs are characterized by intra-articular morphologic abnormalities, such as traumatic, degenerative and/or inflammatory arthritic pathology, and developmental, congenital and neoplastic processes. A review of 18 epidemiologic studies published in the 1980s reported prevalence rates ranging from 16％ to 59％ for reported symptoms and 33％ to 86％ for clinical signs

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