Treatment of a Recurred Ankylosis of the Left TMJ; Report of a Case

Abstract

A 38-year-old man was referred to our department because of a severe trismus and a toothache. He had taken the treatments of a osteoarthrotomy at the left TMJ and a mandibular shaping with iliac bone grafting at age 20 in another university hospital.
However, complete bony ankylosis has recurred. Therefore, a low positional arthroplasty of the left ramus using the casted titanium plate was perfomed and mouth opening exercise with original mouth gag has been continued.
The progress after these treatments is very satisfactory.