Condylar motion in patients with reduced anterior disc displacement

J Dent Res. 2001 May;80(5):1430-5. doi: 10.1177/00220345010800050901.

Abstract

The influence of reduced anterior disc displacement on condylar motion has not been fully examined in young adults. Reduced anterior disc displacement was hypothesized to inhibit condylar motion. Using a six-degrees-of-freedom jaw-tracking system, we recorded bilateral condylar motion during maximum open-close jaw movement and gum-chewing on both sides in ten young adults with unilateral reduced anterior disc displacement and in ten control subjects without temporomandibular disorders. The bilateral condylar motion during both maximum open-close jaw movement and chewing on the disc-displacement side was inhibited in the test group. The condylar motion on the disc-displacement side during chewing on the non-disc-displacement side was also inhibited in the test group. These results suggest that the limitation of condylar motion on the disc-displacement side may influence condylar motion on the non-disc-displacement side during maximum open-close jaw movement, and mastication on the disc-displacement side in young adults.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Jaw Relation Record
  • Joint Dislocations / physiopathology*
  • Male
  • Mandibular Condyle / physiopathology*
  • Mastication
  • Movement
  • Temporomandibular Joint Disc / physiopathology*
  • Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / physiopathology*