Aim:Occasionally, undesirable post-surgical symptoms of temporomandibular disorder (TMD) and pain have been observed. The aim of this paper is to show how often and to which degree TMJ pathologies occur in orthognathic surgery candidates before surgery, making it recommendable to consider these TMJ pathologies during treatment planning.Patients and Methods:Between 2002 and 2004, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the TMJ were made in 58 randomly chosen orthognathic surgery patients. 69% ...

The present case report documents the hitherto unusual application of camouflage orthodontics in one of our patients. Our female patient had previously been treated orthodontically alio loco and had also undergone bimaxillary orthognathic surgery. She presented with TMJ complaints, with associated pains. Despite a dental Class I and centrally seated condyles, her discs had prolapsed anteriorly without reduction and she had developed a massive degenerative-inflammatory TMJ disease. ...

Numerous studies have been devoted to the causes of craniomandibular dysfunction (CMD). This investigation addressed the effect of class III malocclusion and crossbite on CMD based on a sample of 115 prepubertal and adolescent patients of both sexes. Although class III malocclusion only accounted for 12.2% of the total sample, thus, being the smallest group, the percentage of crossbite (71.4%) among these patients was disproportionately higher than among the other classes. Of the total ...