Yáñez-Vico RM, Iglesias-Linares A, Torres-Lagares D, Gutiérrez-Pérez JL, Solano-Reina E. Association between craniofacial asymmetry and unilateral temporomandibular joint sounds in adult patients using 3D-computed tomography.
Oral Dis 2012;
19:406-14. [PMID:
23034131 DOI:
10.1111/odi.12020]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2012] [Revised: 08/28/2012] [Accepted: 08/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this study was to investigate the possible relationship between unilateral temporomandibular joint (TMJ) sounds and craniofacial asymmetry, using 3D-computed tomography (CT) measurements.
SUBJECTS AND METHODS
Forty-one reconstructed 3D-CT models of adult subjects were measured to analyze craniofacial asymmetry. Subjects were divided into two groups depending on the presence (n = 20) or absence (n = 21) of unilateral joint sounds, and the results compared using the Mann-Whitney U-test. To investigate the association between these parameters, the Pearson correlation coefficient was calculated.
RESULTS
Asymmetries in the maxillary and mandibular structures were statistically significant (P < 0.05) for subjects with unilateral TMJ sounds and for controls, except in the case of maxillary rotation and mandibular ramus height (P > 0.05). The highest deviations found were frontal and lateral ramal inclination, goniac angle and canting of occlusal plane.
CONCLUSIONS
Adult patients with unilateral joint sounds may have skeletal jaw asymmetry and a canted occlusal plane.
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