Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
- Volume 27 Issue 5
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- Pages.423-427
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- 2001
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- 2234-7550(pISSN)
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- 2234-5930(eISSN)
A STUDY ON THE MORPHOLOGY OF MANDIBULAR CONDYLE
MRI를 이용한 한국인 하악과두의 형태에 관한 연구
- Lee, Doo-Hee (Department of Dentistry, College of Medicine, Dongguk University) ;
- Oh, Soon-Ho (Department of Dentistry, College of Medicine, Dongguk University) ;
- Suh, Chang-Ho (Department of Dentistry, College of Medicine, Dongguk University) ;
- Kim, Joon-Bae (Younsei Dream Dentistry)
- Published : 2001.10.30
Abstract
Objective: This study was prepared to figure out a certain dimension and morphology of the condyle at the central, medial and lateral aspects on MR images of asymptomatic volunteers, which could be comparable with those of the TMD patients' condyle. Materials: Sixty TMJs from 30 asymptomatic volunteers(15 male, 15 female) who had no clinical symptoms and no disc displacement on sagital and coronal view of MRI were served as normal. Method: MR images were taken from the asymptomatic volunteers and the dimension of the anteroposterior length, mediolateral width, height, convexities were measured through the images on the sagittal and coronal sections of mandibular condyle. Then, these data were collected and analyzed. Result: The mean value of anteroposterior length was