Stomatology ›› 2024, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (1): 11-15.doi: 10.13591/j.cnki.kqyx.2024.01.003

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Advances in the clinical application of MRI in temporomandibular joint disorders

WEI Lili,LI Bo,CHENG Yong()   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Oral & Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Stomatology, School &Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University; Department of oral radiology, Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
  • Received:2023-10-24 Online:2024-01-28 Published:2024-01-22

Abstract:

With the development of temporomandibular joint(TMJ) imaging methods, magnetic resonance imaging has gradually become the preferred examination method for TMJ disorders, because it has no risk of ionizing radiation exposure and is a non-invasive examination. It can clearly show the joint disc, joint effusion, condylar edema, masticatory muscle, biplate area and synovial lesions, which has great clinical application value. In this paper, the MRI manifestation and correlation of articular disc position and morphological changes, joint effusion, condylar edema and extrapterygoid muscles are discussed, in order to provide ideas for imaging diagnosis of temporomandibular joint disorders.

Key words: temporomandibular joint disorders, magnetic resonance imaging, joint disc displacement, joint effusion

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