Temporomandibular joint

Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a hinge joint that connects your jaw to your skull. You have two to connect both sides of your jaw to your skull specifically to your temporal bone. This allows you to be able to use your jaw in simple tasks such as eating or talking. Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) is known as any kind of pain dealing with the temporomandibular joint or with the muscles located around the joint (WebMD). It is not quite clear what specifically causes, but specialists have their theories. Such as any kind of head or neck injury that may injure your jaw or muscles around your jaw. A well known injury that matches this is whiplash or a hard blow to the head or neck (WebMD). Other things that have been researched are arthritis,…

TMJ is the temporomandibular joint and is commonly used to describe a disorder or dysfunction with that joint also known as TMD. For the purposes of this paper, we will continue to refer to the disorder or dysfunction of the joint as TMJ. TMJ is classified as any problems or pain directly related to the Temporomandibular joint. This can include moderate to extreme pain while chewing, a clicking sound while opening and closing the jaw, swelling of the face, problems with the jaw locking open or…

Among the previously described modes of obtaining temporomandibular joint disorder, another, yet rare, form of acquiring the disorder is discovered to be through physical traumas directly to the mandible region. This is the only form that is not classified as a multifactorial inheritance; only environment is accounted responsible for the resulting damage. A forceful or sharp impact on either side of the face renders individuals to be more susceptible to delayed TMD (Pettit and Auvenshine, 2016),…

The temporomandibular joint is one of the most complex joints in the body. The procedure that we covered is total alloplastic joint replacement. Like any other procedure, reflection, incision, resection as well as re attachment of biological tissues is necessary for successful completion. In the case of the total replacement of the temporomandibular joint the musculature that is affected are the temporalis, lateral pterygoid, medial pterygoid, masseter as well as buccinator. As for the tissues…

bone a. These bones serve as attachments sites for the cartilaginous tissues that shape the nose (AnatomyExpert, 2014). 2. Nasal Cartilage a. The nasal cartilage articulates with the ethmoid bone to anteriorly separate the nasal passage into two halves (Starkey, Brown, & Ryan, 2011). 3. Zygoma a. The zygoma is a sturture that fused to the maxilla and the temporal bones to form the prominent zygomatic arch beneath the eyes (Starkey, et al., 2011). 4. Maxilla a. The main functions for the maxilla…

There are many synonyms for this condition including MPDS, Mandibular Dysfunction Syndrome and the Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome.(8) Signs and symptoms of MPDS vary, but generally, the patient complains of one or more of the following: - Pain in the region of the temporomandibular joints (TMJ), tenderness in the region of one or both joints, temporo-mandibular joint sounds like clicking or crepitation, restricted jaw opening, disturbed chewing pattern and locking of jaw.(9)…

TMDS and Whole Body Balance In the literature we often see studies that correlated TMD’s and cervical –neck problems or relationships. There are very little studies that show whole body balance has a significant effect on TMJ. The issue of relationship between TMDS and body posture, and biomechanics are still an unsearched area. Many researchers agree that adaptive changes occur at all levels of the body. And jet, there are scarce studies out there to show the realistic evaluation and…

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There are many treatment ideas that we can use in order to help treat our patient’s who have Volkmann’s contracture. We can make a custom orthosis/splint fabrication. The common splint that is used for Volkmann’s contracture is a resting hand splint. (Which looks like this…) As you can see, the wrist is in neutral with the digits extended and the thumb slightly abducted. This is a more natural way for an extremity to rest. A good part about making a custom splint is that you can contour it to…

Temporomandibular joint disorder is a disorder where the jaw muscles and nerves are damaged or injured to the temporomandibular joint. The temporomandibular joint is the hinge that holds the jaw and connects it to the temporal bones. It is actually TMD, not TMJ. TMD is a fairly new disorder. It was received attention in the 1950’s. But it was not until the 1980’s that doctors learned to treat and diagnosis it. The dental community looked to find more about TMD discovered what exactly the…