Abstract
Many investigations have described that trauma of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) in early childhood might cause TMJ-ankylosis, micrognathia and other facial deformities, unless proper treatment was done at initial stage. Along within recent increase of traffic accidents, it is assumed that the number of patients with traumatic TMJ-dysfunction has increased.
Recently, the authors experienced a boy who suffered the dislocation of the jaw to the left side with trauma of the TMJ and was obtained good result with the use of orthodontic techniques. We present the clinical evaluation and discuss a few points about the role of orthodontic techniques to treat such dislocation of the jaw in this paper.
