Restoration treatment for temporomandibular joint an-kylosis with secondary dentomaxillofacial deformities
LI Ji-hua
Abstract：Temporomandibular joint(TMJ)ankylosis with sec-ondary dentofacial deformities in adult patients is a severely disfiguring condition and surgical treatment for this disease re-mains a great clinical challenge. Treatment goals are to restore the joint function,to improve facial appearances and to correct malocclusion,as well as to re-establish harmony among them. Currently,various surgical techniques,such as arthroplasty with or without interpositional material,orthognathic surgery, distraction osteogenesis,autologous bone or bone replacement materials graft and plastic surgery,have been described in the literature. In most cases these techniques should be used in combination to achieve satisfactory outcomes.
Keywords：temporomandibular joint ankylosissecond-ary deformity
Publication Date：2013-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：7( 577-583 )