• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제39권
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• pp.19.1-19.6
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• 2017

Background: The aim of this study was to assess correlation between pain and degenerative bony changes on cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images of temporomandibular joints (TMJs). Methods: Two hundred eighty-three temporomandibular joints with degenerative bony changes were evaluated. Pain intensity (numeric rating scale, NRS) and pain duration in patients with degenerative joint disease (DJD) were also analyzed. We classified condylar bony changes on CBCT into five types: osteophyte (Osp), erosion (Ero), flattening (Fla), subchondral sclerosis (Scl), and pseudocyst (Pse). Results: Degenerative bony changes were the most frequent in the age groups of 10~19, 20-29, and 50~59 years. The most frequent pain intensity was "none" (NRS 0, 34.6%) followed by "annoying" (NRS 3-5, 29.7%). The most frequent condylar bony change was Fla (219 joints, 77.4%) followed by Ero (169 joints, 59.7%). "Ero + Fla" was the most common combination of the bony changes (12.7%). The frequency of erosion was directly proportional to NRS, but the frequency of osteophyte was inversely proportional. The prevalence of Ero increased from onset until 2 years and gradually decreased thereafter. The prevalence of Osp, Ero, and Pse increased with age. Conclusions: Osp and Ero can be pain-related variables in degenerative joint disease (DJD) patients. "Six months to 2 years" may be a meaningful time point from the active, unstable phase to the stabilized late phase of DJD.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.257-267
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• 1995

An Epidemiologic study was carried out on 77 TMD patients with degenerative joint disease who had visited the Orofacial Pain Clinic in Pusan National University Hospital. Al subjects were interviewed and examined clinically and radiologically using a standardized examination form. As related to gender and duration, subjective and objective sysmptoms in DJD patients were studied. The obtained results were as follows : 1. There were much more patients in the twenties or thirties, women and histories such as chronic duration and microtrauma. 2. Most patients responded positively more often to the questions of jaw function, unilateral chewing in habits, poot appetite and depression in behavioral response and shoulder pain in worsening prognosis 3. While the most common reasons for treatment were pain, noise, and limitation of opening, the associated symptoms such as headache, neckache, earache, jaw dysfunction, neck dysfunction, acute bite change and dizziness, ringing or fullness in the ears as secondary CNS excitatory effects were complained. 4. Opening the mouth in 25 to 40mm, soft end feel and deflective incisal pathway were seen and more tenderness to lateral or dorsal capsule of joint than intra or extra oral muscles were complained. 5. While there appeared no click, crepitus and single click in acute group, in chronic group, crepitus, single click and no click appeared in order of sequence. 6. Tomogram or bone scan revealed more bony changes than panorama and transcranial view.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.247-253
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• 2013

신성골이영양증 (Renal osteodystrophy)은 만성 신질환 환자에서 관찰되는 골격성 변화를 특징으로 하는 질환으로 칼슘과 인 대사의 변화, 그리고 이차성 부갑상선 기능항진증의 결과로 나타난다. 방사선학적으로 지골의 말단, 장골과 악골 부위의 골막하 부위의 침식을 흔하게 관찰할 수 있다. 악안면 영역에서 골변화는 골밀도의 감소, 방사선 투과성 병소 (갈색 종양 : brown tumor), 피질골의 비박화와 치조백선의 소실을 보인다. 그러나 이러한 골변화가 악관절에 발생하는 것은 흔치 않은 일이다. 본 증례는 양측 하악 과두의 골변화를 보인 신성골이영양증 환자를 보고하고자 한다. 지난 10년 간 혈액 투석 치료와 3개월 전 신장암 수술 병력이 있는 41세 남자 환자가 좌측 턱의 통증을 주소로 2011년 2월 단국대학교 치과대학부속 치과병원 구강내과에 내원하였다. 양측 악관절의 골관절염과 유사한 방사선학적 소견을 보였고, 전치부 개방교합이 관찰되었다. CBCT를 이용한 방사선학적 특징과 생화학적 지표를 통해 신성골이영양증으로 인한 양측 턱관절의 골관절염으로 진단 되어 환자는 내과에서 신성골이영양증의 치료 방법의 하나인 칼슘 및 비타민 D 복용고 부갑상선 절제술을 시행 받았고, 그 동안 턱관절의 통증 조절을 위해 본원에서는 행동 요법과 약물 치료, 물리치료만 시행하였다. 약 1년 3개월 후 재검사에서 하악골의 골밀도와 피질골 두께가 증가하였고, 하악 과두 외형이 비교적 명확하게 바뀌었다. 골변화는 만성 신장 질환의 초기 단계부터 시작되므로 치과의사는 이러한 질환의 징후 및 가능성을 신속히 감별할 수 있어야 한다. 또한 골관절염과 신성골이영양증의 치료 프로토콜이 다르기 때문에 두 질환을 감별하는 것이 중요하다.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.191-196
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• 2000

Purpose This study is to report presurgical magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) findings of the temporomandibular joint which had perforation in the disc or its surrounding tissues and to improve its diagnostic rate using MRI. Patients and Methods The sample consisted of patients who visited the TMJ clinic at Yongdong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University, during the years, 1992 and 1997. They were diagnosed as TMJ internal derangement and received surgical treatment. We divided them into two groups. The first group comprised of 85 joints with perforated disc or its surrounding tissues and which were confirmed surgically. The second group of 62 joints which only had disc displacement without perforation, hyperemia or adhesion served as control. Results The preoperative diagnostic sensitivity of TMJ perforation using MRI was 74.1%. The MRI findings for diagnosis of the TMJ perforation were degenerative change of the condyle head or the articular fossa, bone to bone contact between the condyle head and the articular eminence or the articular fossa, bony spurring or osteophytosis of the condyle head, flattening of articular surface of the condyle head or the articular eminence, discontinuity of the disc and the arthrographic effect due to joint effusion. Conclusion The preoperative diagnostic sensitivity of TMJ perforation using MRI in this study was 74.1% which was lower than the diagnostic rate using the arthrogram. Further investigations are needed to improve the diagnostic accuracy of TMJ perforation using MRI.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.81-90
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• 2009

2005년부터 2007년까지 진주 OOO치과의원 턱관절/구강안면통증클리닉에 내원한 측두하악장애환자 95명, 190개의 관절을 대상으로 한 명의 검사자가 측두하악관절장애 분석검사와 파노라마영상검사를 엄격히 시행하고, CBCT영상을 촬영하여 구강내과 전문의와 치과방사선과 전문의가 각각 영상진단 하였으며, 임상적 진단과 CBCT영상의 결과를 비교하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 구강내과 전문의와 치과방사선과 전문의에 의한 CBCT의 영상진단의 일치도(Kappa: 0.681)가 높았다. 2. 파노라마영상과 CBCT의 영상진단과의 일치도(Kappa: 0.169)가 낮으며, 파노라마영상에서 골변화의 위음성이 높았다. 3. 임상적으로 비퇴행성골관절염으로 진단된 관절 중 CBCT의재진단시 54.2%에서 골변화가 관찰되었으며, 퇴행성골관절염으로 진단된 관절 중 CBCT의 재진단시 15.3%에서 골변화가 없는 것으로 관찰되었다. 4. 관절통은 침식성 골변화에서 높게 나타났으며, 골증식체의 골변화에서 염발음이 가장 많이 나타났으며 병력기간도 가장 길었다.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.141-158
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• 1995

This study was performed to invetigate the relationship between clinical manifestations related to temporomandibular joint sounds and temporomandibular joint vibrations that occurred synchronously with sounds. There have been reported in many articles that joint sounds indicate internal joint pathology. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate type and patterns of joint sounds, and radiographic changes of temporomandibular joint(TMJ) in order to diagnose and deal with the Temporomandibular Disorders(TMD). For this study 142 patients with TMDs were collected and they were examined by routine diagnostic procedure for TMDs. The author classified TMJ sounds clinically into 3 types : click, popping, and crepitus. Transcranial and panoramic radiographs were taken for observein bony changes of TMJ, and for observing vibrations of TMJ Sonopak of Biopak system was used. The obtained results were as follows : 1. Female subjects with crepitus were older than those with click or popping and their mean ages were about 45 years old. But in male subjects, there was no age difference. 2. For all subjects, mean value of maximal mouth opening were above 40mm, which are lower limit of normal vertical opening. But in subjects with L-type opening deviation, mouth opening capacity were about 36mm of range. 3. Symptom duration stated when patient presented first were slightly longer in subjects with crepitus but there were no statistical differences. And there were also no radiographic differences among 3 types of joint sounds in regard to symptom duration. 4. In subjects wih click, it might have been interpreted that 12% had closed lock, 12% had degenerative joint disease, and about 17% of he subjects had normal joints by Sonopak. 5. There were no significant relationships between subjective loudness of joint sounds and magnitude of joint vibrations. 6. The highest value of Integral and peak amplitude were observed in popping sounds and though it was not significant, value of peak frequency was highest in crepitus. 7. Amount of mandibular positional change were differed between click and crepitus on frontal plane, between click, crepitus and popping on horizontal plane in rotational movement, respectively. However, there no difference among them in translational movements.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.261-271
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• 2011

측두하악관절에서 발생하는 골관절염은 저작시 통증, 개구제한, 관절잡음, 교합변화를 유발하여 환자의 삶의 질을 저하시키는데 관여하는 주요한 질환이다. 골관절염의 진행과정과 그에 따른 제어방법을 연구하기 위하여 다양한 연구방법이 시도되고 있다. 이 중 골조직면에서의 조직변화, 활막액의 성분변화, 활막의 조직변화, 주변조직의 변화, 통증에 대한 반응을 확인할 수 있는 동물모델이 주로 많이 이용된다. 본 연구에서는 실험동물에서 다양한 방법으로 측두하악관절 골관절염을 유도하여 하악관절표면에서 일어난 조직변화를 비교 관찰하였으며 각 동물모델의 연구 활용방안에 대하여 탐색하였다. 측두하악관절의 관절강에 monosodium iodoacetate (MIA) 와 interleukin-$1{\alpha}$(IL-$1{\alpha}$)를 직접 주입하여 약물로 관절염을 유도하여 관절조직면을 관찰하였다. 또한 여성호르몬인 에스트로겐에 의한 골변화를 확인하기 위하여 난소절제술로 인한 골다공증 유발모델에서의 하악관절을 관찰하였으며, 노화된 백서의 관절면을 확인함으로써 노화로 인한 골변화를 관찰하였다. Safranin-O 염색 법과 Masson's trichrome 염색법을 이용하여 각각의 관절면에서 세포배열의 변화, 콜라겐의 변화, 골조직의 변화 및 파괴양상에 대하여 확인하였고 Safranin-O의 양성반응을 확인하여 proteoglycans (PGs)의 조직내 분포를 추적하였다.