Journal of Temporomandibular Joint
Online ISSN : 1884-4308
Print ISSN : 0915-3004
ISSN-L : 0915-3004
An analysis of maxillofacial morphology of patients with hyperplasia of the tendon and aponeurosis of masticatory muscles using cephalometric radiography
Norimichi NAKAMOTOTsuyoshi SATOYuichiro ENOKIAya NAKAMOTONaoko HORIYosuke FUKUSHIMAYasuaki SAKATAIchiro SAKAMOTORyuichiro ARAKIYukihiro FUJITATetsuya YODA
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2011 Volume 23 Issue 3 Pages 149-154

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The purpose of this study was to clarify the facial skeletal characteristics of patients with masticatory muscle tendon-aponeurosis hyperplasia. We traced the cephalometric radiographs of 10 adult female patients and made 10 linear measurements and 8 angler measurements. The control group was the cephalometric norm for Japanese adult females (n=50). The difference of each parameter between the patient group and the control group was statistically analyzed using the unpaired t test.
As a result, ANS-Me, Is-Is', Mand. Pl. to SN, Occ. Pl. to SN and Gonial Angle of the patient group were significantly low, and Pog'-Go and Ramus Pl. to SN were significantly high compared with those of the control group. The patient group was divided into three facial skeletal types. All three types showed a square mandible.

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