"Patients may experience a sudden, severe, inflexible and persistent restriction of mouth opening. They may be deviation of the mandibular midline toward the affected side with limited movements (0 - 10 mm). No pain in the masticatory muscles or the joints is often reported."
"during mouth opening, the condylar process rotates in the region of the fossa with no evidence of sliding down the slope of the eminence."
"Arthrography "
Expected headings
"Plain radiograph and CT"
"Arthrography "
"Treatment"
"Patients may experience a sudden, severe, inflexible and persistent restriction of mouth opening. They may be deviation of the mandibular midline toward the affected side with limited movements (0 - 10 mm). No pain in the masticatory muscles or the joints is often reported."