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TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT: SOME ASPECTS OF FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY AND THERAPY OF FUNCTIONAL DISORDERS

V. I. Shemonaev, T. N. Klimova, I. Y. Pchelin, A. V. Mashkov, A. V. Osokin

Волгоградский государственный медицинский университет, кафедра ортопедической стоматологии

Abstract

The article describes the current views on the structures of the temporomandibular joint, its biomechanics; it also describes temporomandibular disorders (TMD), methods of their diagnostics and treatment approaches.

Keywords

temporomandibular joint, masticatory muscles, intra-articular disc, TMJ dysfunction.

Contacts

Климова Татьяна Николаевна – к. м. н., доцент кафедры ортопедической стоматологии, Волгоградский государственный медицинский университет, e-mail: klimova1977@mail.ru