Open AccessTotal joint prosthesis for ankylosis after multiples condylar traumas
Author(s) -
Leonardo Augustus Peral Ferreira Pinto,
Marco Aurélio de Almeida Guimarães,
Bernardo Correia Lima,
George Patrick Sotero Sturzinger
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/njms.njms_91_20
Subject(s) - medicine , ankylosis , condyle , prosthesis , multiple , orthodontics , dentistry , joint (building) , surgery , architectural engineering , arithmetic , mathematics , engineering
Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis is a disease commonly associated with facial trauma, especially in the condylar region. Described as a heterotopic bone growth that causes mouth opening limitation, it may occur in trauma cases misdiagnosed or mistreated. We present the case of a 37-year-old female, with decreased mouth opening after three traumas in the region of the right condyle by a motorcycle accident. We performed custom-made total joint replacement of the TMJ to rehabilitate the patient post arthroplasty. TMJ Concepts ® protocol was followed to perform the patient's rehabilitation. She is being followed since then by a physical therapist to regain the pre-pathosis status of mouth opening, speech, and mastication function.