[The treatment of unilateral true ankylosis of TMJ with maxillomandibular deformities]

Y S Tang; W H Yuan; Y S Yang; H Zhang

[The treatment of unilateral true ankylosis of TMJ with maxillomandibular deformities]

Shanghai Kou Qiang Yi Xue. 1995 Sep;4(3):131-3.

[Article in Chinese]

Authors

Y S Tang¹, W H Yuan, Y S Yang, H Zhang

Affiliation

¹ Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Shanghai Second Medical University. Shanghai 200011,China.

PMID: 15160069

Abstract

The authors described a surgical procedure for the treatment of unilateral true ankylosis of TMJ with maxillomandibular deformities.The surgery included arthroplasty and Le Fort I maxillary osteotomy in one or two stages.It successfully not only restore the stomatognathic function with a maximum mouth opening in normal range,but also corrected malpositioned maxilla and mandible normal anatomic position.Postoperative orthodontic anatomic position.Postoperative orthodontic treatment was also performed for the improvement of masticatory function.The indications of the surgical procedure,and intraoperative precautions are discussed.