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TMJ arthrosis: does the occlusal relationship really interfere? A comparison between cone beam computed tomography and dried skulls

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The aim of this study was to investigate the association between condylar bone morphological characteristics with occlusal conditions. Besides the study will compare the tomography images with the real condition in 122 temporomandibular joints from 61 skulls. The occlusal conditions were evaluated by number of teeth missing, measurement of overjet and overbite, in millimeters, and presence or absence of crossbite, openbite and dental rotation. The condylar bone morphological conditions were classified in five types (normal, presence of erosion, presence of osteophytes, flattening and/or deformation). This classification was used in real skulls and in Cone Beam Computed tomography (CBCT) images. The data were submitted to statistical analysis with a level of significance of 0.05. Occlusal variables have no association to morphologic data (p > 0.05). Normal condylar bone was seen in 62 CBCT versus 53 in real skulls while morphological alterations were seen in 60 CBCT versus 67-real condyles. The clinical and tomographic measurements were compared, demonstrating an important difference in the classification demonstrating poor association between detection methods (k − 0.3, p < 0.001). The occlusal conditions appear to have no correlation with the morphological condyle conditions. The CBCT is a reliable diagnostic method, although it may present divergences of findings when compared with clinical raw examination to morphologic condylar conditions.

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  1. Rafaela Scariot, Paola Corso, Briana Gonsar, Navenett Gill, Paula Cristina Trevillato, Anitha Potluri and Alexandre Rezende Vieira contributed equally to this work.

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  1. School of Health Science, Dentistry, Positivo University, 5300 Professor Pedro Viriato Parigot de Souza Street, Curitiba, PR, 81280-330, Brazil

    Rafaela Scariot & Paola Corso

  2. Department of Oral Biology, University of Pittsburgh, 412 Salk Pavilion, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA

    Briana Gonsar, Navenett Gill & Alexandre Rezende Vieira

  3. School of Life Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, 1155 Imaculada Conceição Street, Curitiba, PR, 80215-901, Brazil

    Paula Cristina Trevillato

  4. Department of Diagnostic Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Anitha Potluri

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Scariot, R., Corso, P., Gonsar, B. et al. TMJ arthrosis: does the occlusal relationship really interfere? A comparison between cone beam computed tomography and dried skulls. Surg Radiol Anat 41, 469–476 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-018-2167-1

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