Association Between the Treatment Modality of Pediatric Subcondylar Fractures and Functional Outcomes at the Six-Month Follow-Up: A Retrospective Pilot Study.

Background: The choice of treatment for subcondylar fractures in children and adolescents remains a controversial issue. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between the treatment modality of subcondylar fractures and functional outcomes at the six-month follow-up.

Methods: This retrospective study examined a cohort of children and adolescents with unilateral or bilateral subcondylar fractures treated at a level 1 trauma center over a five-year period.

Do Surgical Intervention Type and Baseline Condylar Position Affect Spatial Dimension Changes of the Temporomandibular Joint in the Surgical Correction of Skeletal Class II Deformities?

Background: One of the key features of orthognathic surgery is altering temporomandibular joint (TMJ) condylar positions.

Purpose: This multivariate study aimed to identify surgical interventions and patient factors significantly associated with changes in TMJ spatial dimensions after the surgical correction of skeletal Class II deformities.

Study Design, Setting, Sample: This is a retrospective cohort study including patients who had undergone an isolated bilateral sagittal split ramus osteotomy (BSSO) or a bimaxillary osteotomy (BMO) for mandibular advancement and a control sample of patients treated with the removal of odontogenic cysts in the mandibular posterior region.

Factors associated with voice-related quality of life among patients with temporomandibular disorders.

Background: Research would be important for obtaining a better understanding of voice complaints among patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMD).

Objective: The identification of predictors of voice disorders associated with TMD pain was made according to Diagnostic Criteria for TMD (DC/TMD) Axis I.

Methodology: Functional limitations were measured using the Jaw Functional Limitation Scales for mastication (JFLS-M), jaw mobility (JFLS-JM), and verbal and emotional expression (JFLS-VEE).

Modeling the effect of bilateral sagittal split osteotomy on posterior, superior and medial space dimensions of the temporomandibular joint: a retrospective controlled cohort study.

Background: To model the effect of isolated bilateral sagittal split osteotomy (BSSO) on changes in posterior (PSD), superior (SSD), and medial space dimensions (MSD) of the temporomandibular joint.

Methods: Using a retrospective cohort study design, pre- and postoperative (immediately after surgery; 1 year follow-up) cone-beam computed tomography measurements of 36 patients who had undergone BSSO for mandibular advancement were compared with a control group of 25 subjects from whom a mandibular odontogenic cyst was removed under general anesthesia. Generalized estimation equation (GEE) models were used to examine the independent effects of study group, preoperative condylar position, and time points on PSD, SSD, and MSD adjusting for covariates (age, sex, and mandibular advancement).

Condylar erosion is predictive of painful closed lock of the temporomandibular joint: a magnetic resonance imaging study.

Background: To assess whether magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of condylar erosion (CE) are predictive of a specific clinical diagnosis of painful closed lock of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), and to determine the strength of association between CE and types of internal derangement (ID).

Methods: Based upon sample size estimation, this retrospective paired-design study involved 62 patients, aged between 18 and 67 years. Inclusion criteria were the presence of a unilateral clinical diagnosis of arthralgia coexisting with disk displacement without reduction ('AR and DDwoR/wLO'), assigned according to the Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (RDC/TMD) Axis I, and the absence of signs and symptoms of TMJ pain and dysfunction on the contralateral TMJ side.