Review article

Orthodontic Treatment and Temporomandibular Dysfunction

Marina Lapter ; Stomatološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu Zavod za ortodonciju Gundulićeva 5, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Senka Rajic-Meštrović ; Stomatološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu Zavod za ortodonciju Gundulićeva 5, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Mladen Šlaj ; Stomatološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu Zavod za ortodonciju Gundulićeva 5, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Abstract

Orthodontists are concerned about the possibility o f a link between
the treatment they provide and temporomandibular disorders (TMD).
The purpose of this article was to review the literature relating to orthodontic treatment of problems in the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). From the presented literature the suggestion that orthodontic treatment leads to TMD by causing distal condylar displacement appears to be ill-founded. Clinical studies suggest that orthodontic treatment has little role to play in worsening or precipitating TMD when treated patients are compared with untreated individuals, with or without malocclusion, or when different types o f orthodontic treatment are compared. Indeed, longitudinal studies tend to show a reduction in TMD signs in orthodontically treated individuals.

Keywords

orthodontic treatment; temporomandibular dysfunction

Hrčak ID:

98253

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/98253

Publication date:

15.12.1998.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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