치과방사선 (Journal of Korean Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology)
- 제28권2호
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- Pages.321-327
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- 1998
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- 1225-049X(pISSN)
Polytome-U 촬영법을 이용한 측두하악관절증의 하악과두 골변화 관찰
Evaluation of Mandibular Condylar Bony Changes in Temporomandibular Disorders using Polytome-U Images
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나경수
(부산대학교 치과대학 구강악안면방사선학교실)
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Nah Kyung-Soo
(Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, College of Dentistry, Pusan National University)
- 발행 : 1998.08.01
초록
The author examined bone changes from 1274 poly tomographic images of 182 temporomandibular joints which showed symptoms of temporomandibular disorder and the following results were obtained; 1. The number of temporomandibular joints which showed bone changes were 64 (35.2%) among 182 joints. 2. The age and sex distribution of 64 joints which had bone changes showed the prevalence of female (90.6%) and third decade (25.0%) followed by fourth (21.2%) and second decade (17.2%). 3. The 252 images which showed bone changes consisted of 56 images from lateral side (22.2%). 118 images from center (46.8%) and 78 images from medial side (30.9%). 4. The most frequently observed bone changes were flattening (22.7%) followed by sclerosis (19.3%) and cortical unsharpness (19.3%)