Bilateral TMJ Involvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Main Authors: Pritesh B. Ruparelia (Author), Deep S. Shah (Author), Kosha Ruparelia (Author), Shreyansh P. Sutaria (Author), Deep Pathak (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory, slowly progressive disease that results in cartilage and bone destruction. Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) involvement is not uncommon in RA, and it is present in about more than 50% of patients; however, TMJ is usually among the last joints to be...