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Temporomandibular joint disc surgery: biologic basis and treatment outcome

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Management of Temporomandibular Joint Degenerative Diseases

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Disc repair appears to have a biologic basis in Wilkes’ stage II internal joint derangements. With proper patient selection and good surgical technique to stabilize the disc back to a normal relationship to the condyle, the long-term success is around 90%. Magnetic resonance imaging is the technique of choice for follow-up evaluation. Well-controlled studies are still needed to verify results.

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    Boudewijn Stegenga DDS, PhD  & Lambert G. M. de Bont DDS, PhD (Professor and Chairman) &  (Professor and Chairman)

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Ryan, D.E. (1996). Temporomandibular joint disc surgery: biologic basis and treatment outcome. In: Stegenga, B., de Bont, L.G.M. (eds) Management of Temporomandibular Joint Degenerative Diseases. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8992-6_14

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