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Diagnostic value of 4 criteria to interpret temporomandibular joint normal disk position on magnetic resonance images.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  9798238     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to evaluate different criteria to establish normal disk position on magnetic resonance images. STUDY DESIGN: Magnetic resonance image findings of 137 consecutive patients with temporomandibular disorders and 23 asymptomatic volunteers were used in this study. Three calibrated observers interpreted the images individually. Four closed-mouth and 1 open-mouth criteria were tested for their ability to define normal and abnormal temporomandibular joint disk positions on magnetic resonance images. RESULTS: For the 46 joints in the asymptomatic volunteers, the criterion that yielded the highest percentage of normal disk position diagnoses was the disk's intermediate zone (93.5%). Clock face criteria produced the following declining percentages of normal disk position diagnoses: 10 o'clock, 82.6%; 11 o'clock, 63.0%; and 12 o'clock, 39.1%. Similar results were obtained for the patients with temporomandibular disorders. In both groups, as the number of normal disk position diagnoses declined, the percentage of joints with a diagnosis of disk displacement with reduction increased. Conversely, the percentage of joints with a diagnosis of disk displacement without reduction (in the group of patients with temporomandibular disorders) did not appear to be substantially affected by the 4 closed-mouth disk position criteria. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that the intermediate zone criterion for disk displacement is the more stringent criterion and the one that would yield the lowest number of false positives when the disk position is being judged in the closed-mouth sagittal view.
Authors:
M G Orsini; T Kuboki; S Terada; Y Matsuka; A Yamashita; G T Clark
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics     Volume:  86     ISSN:  1079-2104     ISO Abbreviation:  Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod     Publication Date:  1998 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1998-12-30     Completed Date:  1998-12-30     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9508562     Medline TA:  Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  489-97     Citation Subset:  D; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Fixed Prosthodontics, Okayama University Dental School, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Chi-Square Distribution
Dislocations / pathology*
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Observer Variation
Predictive Value of Tests
Reproducibility of Results
Single-Blind Method
Temporomandibular Joint Disk / anatomy & histology*,  pathology*
Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / pathology*

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