Article Menu

Export Article

More by Authors Links

Article Data

  • Views 320
  • Dowloads 22

Original Research

Open Access

Systemic Health Consequences of AUoplastic Implants of the TMJ: A Pilot Study

  • Karen Raphael1,2,*,
  • Joseph J. Marbach2,3
  • Steveti E. Keller4
  • Jacqueline A. Bartlett1

1Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

2Department of Oral Biology, Pathology and Diagnostic Sciences, New Jersey Dental School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

3Professor of Psychiatry, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

4Associate Professor of Neuroscience, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

DOI: 10.11607/jofph.12293 Vol.12,Issue 4,December 1998 pp.293-299

Published: 30 December 1998

*Corresponding Author(s): Karen Raphael E-mail:

PDF (2.63 MB) View Full-text

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine the relation between alloplastic temporomandibular joint (TMJ) implants and immune-associated systemic health problems. The authors compared 14 patients who received alloplastic TMJ implants with 31 TMJ patients who had never received surgery on the self-reported occurrence of symptoms and systemic disorders that are associated with problems of immunomodulation. Those with alloplastic jaw implants reported similar or lower rates of surveyed physical disorders than nonsurgical TMJ participants. When the rates were summed across symptom categories and physical disorders, implant participants had significantly fewer symptoms and disorders than nonsurgical participants (P < 0.01). This first report on systemic health problems in alloplastic TMJ implant patients found no evidence of elevated rates of systemic disorders that are associated with problems of immunomodulation.

Keywords

temporomandibular joint; temporomandibular disorders; immunology; joint prosthesis

Cite and Share

Karen Raphael,Joseph J. Marbach,Steveti E. Keller,Jacqueline A. Bartlett. Systemic Health Consequences of AUoplastic Implants of the TMJ: A Pilot Study. Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache. 1998. 12(4);293-299.

URL:

https://www.jofph.com/articles/10.11607/jofph.12293

References

Abstracted / indexed in

Science Citation Index (SCI)

Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)

BIOSIS Previews

Scopus

Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL)

Submission Turnaround Time

Conferences

Top