Temporomandibular joint ankylosis |
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| Authors: | Henk Tideman DDS,MD,PhD,FRACDS, Miles Doddridge BDS,&dagger |
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| Affiliation: | Professor or Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The University of Adelaide.;Senior Registrar, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, The University of Adelaide. |
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| Abstract: | The reconstruction of a permanent functional joint and the provision for correction of any associated deformity are the aims of treatment of temporomandibular joint ankylosis. Methods which merely free the ankylosis, in our opinion, compromise the likelihood of achieving these aims. |
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