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Chronic Long-Standing Temporomandibular Joint Dislocation: Report of Three Cases and Review of Literature

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Abstract

Purpose

To present three cases of chronic long-standing TMJ dislocation and discuss our treatment protocol with other options in the literature.

Patients and methods

Three cases of chronic TMJ dislocation (more than 4 months) that has never been reduced previously were treated by open reduction, meniscectomy or meniscoplasty and lateral pterygoid muscle myotomy. After a short period of MMF, TMJ physiotherapy was performed.

Results

During 3 years of follow-up, the condition had not recurred at all and all patients were functional and symptom free.

Conclusion

Based on other therapeutic options in the literature, our treatment protocol seems to be an effectual operation with fewer complications.

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  1. Hussein Khalife

    Present address: Cancer Institute, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran

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  1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Mashhad University of Medical Science, Mashhad, Iran

    Mahdi Gholami

  2. Oral & Maxillofacial Disease Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Science, Mashhad, Iran

    Mahdi Gholami

  3. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Birjand University of Medical Science, Birjand, Iran

    Alireza Shirzadeh

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Gholami, M., Shirzadeh, A. & Khalife, H. Chronic Long-Standing Temporomandibular Joint Dislocation: Report of Three Cases and Review of Literature. J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg. 17, 502–507 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12663-017-1066-z

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