Assessing joint effusion and bone changes of the head of the mandible in MR images of symptomatic patients

• Main Authors: Jefferson Xavier de Oliveira (Author), Jucely Aparecida da Rosa (Author), Marcelo Eduardo Pereira Dutra (Author), Karina Cecilia Panelli Santos (Author), Cibelle Gil (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2013-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between degenerative bone changes of the head of the mandible and the presence of joint effusion (JE). This study was based on sagittal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reports of 148 temporomandibular joints (TMJs) of 74 patients comp...