TY - JOUR
T1 - Juvenile idiopathic arthritis with temporomandibular joint involvement
T2 - Functional treatment
AU - Farronato, G.
AU - Carletti, V.
AU - Giannini, L.
AU - Farronato, D.
AU - Maspero, C.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Background: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis is a disease that can involve the temporomandibular joint unilaterally or bilaterally causing specific malocclusions. Case report: This paper reports a case of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in an 8-year-old male with unilateral involvement of the temporomandibular joint, with remarkable asymmetry of the left mandible and reduced left facial height. The management of the temporomandibular damage consisted in the treatment with an activator in order to help mandibular ramus growth with a subsequent enhancement in occlusion, masticatory function and profile. This treatment has several advantages and permits to correct the typical malocclusion exhibited by these patients, to improve the clinical signs of the disease and to obtain stability over time.
AB - Background: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis is a disease that can involve the temporomandibular joint unilaterally or bilaterally causing specific malocclusions. Case report: This paper reports a case of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in an 8-year-old male with unilateral involvement of the temporomandibular joint, with remarkable asymmetry of the left mandible and reduced left facial height. The management of the temporomandibular damage consisted in the treatment with an activator in order to help mandibular ramus growth with a subsequent enhancement in occlusion, masticatory function and profile. This treatment has several advantages and permits to correct the typical malocclusion exhibited by these patients, to improve the clinical signs of the disease and to obtain stability over time.
KW - Craniofacial growth
KW - Functional therapy
KW - Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
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M3 - Article
C2 - 21668287
AN - SCOPUS:79960948726
SN - 1591-996X
VL - 12
SP - 131
EP - 134
JO - European journal of paediatric dentistry : official journal of European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry
JF - European journal of paediatric dentistry : official journal of European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry
IS - 2
ER -