Long-term followup of temporomandibular joint involvement in juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Objective: Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) involvement is a frequent feature in cross-sectional prevalence studies among patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). In this followup study, patients were reviewed after 5 years to study the course of TMJ involvement in relation to disease characteristics.

Methods: Children with JIA from a previous study on TMJ involvement were included.