• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.113-121
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• 1989

In this study, 94 patients with temporomandibular disorders were interviewed to evaluate the effect of the treatment they received at the department of Oral diagnosis and oral Medicine in Seoul national university Hospital. The treatment administered to the patient were patient education, relaxation procedures, physical therapy, occlusal splint therapy and selective grinding of teeth. The following results were disclosed : 1. 97.9% of the patients reported no pain or considerably less pain than they had reported at their first visits to the department. 2. 89.3% of the patients thought that the treatment provided was either complete or considerably successful. 3. TMJ and facial pain was resolved within average 3.0 months 4. Of the 70 patients who previously reported having jaw joint sound, 34 patients (48.6%) no longer reported int. 5. Of the 48 patients who previously reported having headache regularly, 3 patients (68.8%) no longer reported headache regularly. 6. Of the 66 patients who previously reported having masticatory muscle pain, 41 patients (62.1%) no longer reported masticatory muscle pain. 7. Analysis of the data did not disclose a subgroup or factor, such as age, the stage of internal derangement, capsulitis, bruxism, MPD, duration of symptoms, that could be correlated with the reduction of pain or the patient's perception of success of treatment.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.161-164
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• 2014

Mucoepidermoid carcinomas (MECs) arising within the jaws as primary central bony lesions are termed central MECs. Central MECs are extremely rare, comprising 2-3% of all mucoepidermoid carcinomas. We herein report a rare case of central MEC of the maxilla in a 52-year-old male whose plain radiographs showed a "ground glass" pattern and computed tomographic images, a hypodense mass with numerous calcifications. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of central MEC showing a "ground glass" appearance.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.105-109
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• 2012

Radicular cyst is the most common odontogenic cyst occurring in the jaws. The cyst is commonly found in relation to the maxillary anterior teeth in the third and fifth decade of life. Although multiple radicular cysts are not uncommon in the jaws, bilaterally symmetrical representation of these cysts is rare. Radiographs prior to extraction help in diagnosis of these cysts and thereby prevent further morbidities. We report a case of 16-year-old male patient who presented bilateral radicular cysts symmetrically in the mandible.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.56-60
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• 2018

Epidermoid cyst in bony wall of external auditory canal (EAC) is a very rare pathologic condition. In addition to its extreme rarity, its positional proximity to temporomandibular joint (TMJ) might lead to clinical misdiagnosis as TMJ disorders, especially when it is accompanied by temporomandibular disorders-like symptoms. In this article, we report a patient with epidermoid cyst in anterior bony wall of EAC, which was misdiagnosed as TMJ disorder because the left TMJ pain aggravated during mastication.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.65-68
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• 2019

Temporomandibular disorders (TMD), involving the masticator system of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and masticator muscle, can be characterized with the cardinal signs and symptoms of jaw pain, noises and limitation of mandibular range of motion. However, TMD requires differential diagnosis due to its heterogeneous characteristics with various causes despite the similar clinical profiles. Oral cancer involving TMJ and the masticator system, although infrequent, can be one of these causes and should be considered one of the most life-threatening disease mimicking TMDs. This report introduces a case of masticator space tumor originally diagnosed as TMD in a 73-year-old Korean female with previous history of brain tumor. The clinical signs and symptoms closely mimic that of TMD which may have disrupted differential diagnosis. We discuss here key points for suspecting TMDs of secondary origin, namely, that of cancer and the implications it has on dental clinicians.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.137-143
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• 2016

Posterior disk displacement (PDD) of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a rare condition and most descriptions of TMJ PDD are about the adhesion of superior TMJ in which the position of disk is relatively posterior to anteriorly translated condyle in open mouth position. However, there have been reports about truly posteriorly positioned disk to the condyle in closed mouth position. This type of PDD has been classified into three subtypes-thin flat disk type, grossly posterior displaced disk type, and perforated disk type. Here, we report two rare cases of TMJ PDD, one with thin flat disk and one with perforated disk. Its possible etiology, pathogenetic mechanisms, related signs and symptoms, differential diagnoses, and treatments were reviewed and discussed.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.53-60
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• 1988

The authors have studied the growth and development of mandibular permanent teeth in order to the make basic data that are necessary to determine the forensic age. The 631 subjects whose ages range from 3 years to 18 years were selected to analyze calcification degree of mandibular teeth. The results were as follows: 1. There were significant differences between adjacent ages, except 14-15 years and 17-18 years. 2. In each tooth, these were differences between adjacent ages from 3 years to 10 years, except central incisor and third molars. 3. All teeth were almost completely developed at the age of about 14 years, except second and third molars. 4. In each tooth, there were the widest significances between adjacent ages in premolars.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.479-487
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• 1999

Forensic odontology and DNA typing in individual identification have been progressing rapidly and its significances has been increasing. But not all individual identification can be done by one single method solely. Therefore, understanding the advantage and disadvantage of each method is necessary to achieve forensic individual identification properly in each case for it to be applied promptly, economically and precisely.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.31-39
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• 1992

The authors evaluated the degree of permanent tooth wear in order to make the basic date that are necessary to estimate the age. 10443 teeth of 389 individuals with known age were selected to estimate the degree of tooth wear. The obtained results were as follows : 1. The degree of tooth wear was decreased in males and females with aging. (P<0.001) 2. The degree of tooth wear in males in higher than that of females.(P<0.05) 3. The decision coefficient increased gradually from anterior teeth to posterior teeth.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.77-77
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• 2022