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• Published Subscription 29 Nov 2022

  Custom-Made Temporomandibular Joint Replacement Design Process

  By Samuel Diógenes Azevedo de Souza, Anita Gaia Mazzocco, Sara Crivellini, Maria Ingrid Rocha Barbosa Schiavon, Viktor Oswaldo Cárdenas Concha, André Luiz Jardini, Elifas Levy Nunes, Rubens Maciel Filho

  Abstract: AbstractTemporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a joint of small dimensions composed by two components: condyle, the extremity of mandibular bone, and fossa, in the cranial bone. TMJ is one of the most used human joints, because it is used to talk, eat, and breathe, for example. For this reason, TMJ disorder can significantly impair patient's quality of life. So that, it becomes necessary to replace the natural joint with an alloplastic …

  Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Dentistry · Vol. 13, Issue 3, 2022 · pp. 1–13 Read article →