Computed tomography imaging findings of simultaneous bifid mandibular condyle and temporomandibular joint ankylosis: Case report

Brazilian Dental Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-77

  Sales, Marcelo Augusto Oliveira ^a,b   Oliveira, Jefferson Xavier ^b   Cavalcanti, Marcelo Gusmão Paraíso ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifid mandibular condyle; Computed tomography; Temporomandibular joint ankylosis

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MANDIBLE CONDYLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

ANKYLOSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANDIBULAR CONDYLE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34848920085     PISSN: 01036440     EISSN: 18064760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-64402007000100016     Document Type: Article

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