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Conventional Radiographic Findings in TMJ Disorders

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The radiological signs that might be identified on conventional radiographs are mainly shape changes due to remodelling and degenerative disease. The most prevalent TMJ disorders produce few or no changes on conventional radiographs.

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  1. Division of Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology, Department of Oral, Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    David MacDonald

  2. Division of Dentistry, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

    Keith Horner

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  1. Independent Unit of Propaedeutics of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland

    Ingrid Rozylo-Kalinowska

  2. Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

    Kaan Orhan

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MacDonald, D., Horner, K. (2019). Conventional Radiographic Findings in TMJ Disorders. In: Rozylo-Kalinowska, I., Orhan, K. (eds) Imaging of the Temporomandibular Joint. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99468-0_6

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