THE TEMPOROMANDIBULAR OPENING INDEX IN PATIENTS WITH TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDERS UNDERGOING SURGICAL EXTRACTION OF MANDIBULAR THIRD MOLARS : APILOT STUDY

Azak A. N., EVLİOĞLU G., Ordulu M., Erdem T. L.

JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL FACULTY OF MEDICINE-ISTANBUL TIP FAKULTESI DERGISI, vol.69, no.2, pp.29-31, 2006 (ESCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 69 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL FACULTY OF MEDICINE-ISTANBUL TIP FAKULTESI DERGISI
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.29-31
  • Keywords: Temporomandibular disorders, temporomandibular opening index, impacted mandibular third molar
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the effect of surgical extraction of impacted mandibular on the Temporomandibular Opening Index (TOI) in patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMD). Materials and methods: Ten patients (2 males, 8 females; age range 21 to 33 years) with TMD undergoing surgical extraction of the impacted third molars were recruited in this study. Before the surgical operation and three months after the surgical operation the clinical stomatognathic examinations were carried out by the same dentist, specialized in the stomatognathic physiology, who also determined TOI (in percents) according to the following formula: