Mohammad Reza Jamalpour; Mohammad Moslem Imani; Atefe Saffar Shahroudi; Sina Oladzadeh
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Background: Facial trauma is a common sport-related injury and risk of this injury in contact sports is greater than non-contact sports. Facial trauma has been suggested as a possible etiologic factor of temporomandibular disorder (TMD).
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the frequency ...
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Background: Facial trauma is a common sport-related injury and risk of this injury in contact sports is greater than non-contact sports. Facial trauma has been suggested as a possible etiologic factor of temporomandibular disorder (TMD).
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the frequency of TMD and its clinical manifestation in boxers of Islamic Republic of Iran national team. Materials and Methods: In this study, thirty-two male players with average age of 23.75 ± 2.21 who were playing boxing more than 6 years were evaluated regarding TMD. After taking the history, a clinical examination was performed for each athlete. The presence of at least a sign or symptom was considered as TMD diagnosis. Data were collected and presented as descriptive findings. Results: Of 32 boxers, 28.1% (9 cases) had TMD and 71.9% (23 cases) were healthy. The most common symptom was ante-auricular pain (25%) followed by neck pain (21.87%) right ante-auricular tenderness (9.37%) muscle tenderness (9.37%), neck tenderness (9.37%) and headache (3.12%). The uppermost sign was right joint click (25%) followed by left joint click (12.5%) and jaw deviation during mouth opening (12.5%).average age of (25 ± 2 years) and boxing record (10.44 ± 2.29 years) of athletes with TMD were higher than average age of (23.26 ± 2.4 years) and boxing record (7.26 ± 1.76 years) of athletes without TMD.
Conclusions: This study showed that the prevalence of various sign and symptoms of TMD is relatively high in boxers which could result from boxing-related facial trauma.
Hamed Mahmoud Hashemi; Manouchehr Rahmati Kamel; Siamak Hemmatpour
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The purpose of this review was to address the question whether mandibular distractionostegenesis (DO) has any effect on temporomandibular joint (TMJ). A literature survey from the pub Med database used the medical subject heading terms osteodistraction, T.M.J and 13 articles written in English were obtained. ...
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The purpose of this review was to address the question whether mandibular distractionostegenesis (DO) has any effect on temporomandibular joint (TMJ). A literature survey from the pub Med database used the medical subject heading terms osteodistraction, T.M.J and 13 articles written in English were obtained. mandibular DO may accompany with some resorption & remodeling of TMJ but apparently if correctly used produces less TMJ problems compared with conventional mandibular osteotomies and even according to some studies, It is beneficial to structure and position of TMJ. This technique has been proposed for advancement of mandible in patients with TMJ problem and for ramus lengthening for prevention of relaps and TMJ problems. Mandibular Do can be a valuable technique for reconstruction of ramus and condyle in severe mandibular deformities such as TMJ ankylosis and hemifacial microsomia. Transverse distraction of mandible may accompany with TMJ problems and should be used cautiously.