Biomaterial Database

[1st results with an alloplastic temporomandibular joint prosthesis including the glenoid cavity]. 1977

W G Momma

A newly developed total replacement of the temporomandibular joint by metal is introduced and the advantages and disadvantages of the modelling, the material and the indications are discussed. Up to now our results are satisfactory.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007595	Joint Prosthesis	Prostheses used to partially or totally replace a human or animal joint. (from UMDNS, 1999)	Joint Prostheses,Prostheses, Joint,Prosthesis, Joint
D008670	Metals	Electropositive chemical elements characterized by ductility, malleability, luster, and conductance of heat and electricity. They can replace the hydrogen of an acid and form bases with hydroxyl radicals. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)	Metal
D010004	Osteoarthropathy, Primary Hypertrophic	A condition chiefly characterized by thickening of the skin of the head and distal extremities, deep folds and furrows of the skin of the forehead, cheeks, and scalp, SEBORRHEA; HYPERHIDROSIS; periostosis of the long bones, digital clubbing, and spadelike enlargement of the hands and feet. It is more prevalent in the male, and is usually first evident during adolescence. Inheritance is primarily autosomal recessive, but an autosomal dominant form exists.	Pachydermoperiostosis,Acropachy, Hereditary,Clubbing of Digits,Cranioosteoarthropathy,Currarino Idiopathic Osteoarthropathy,Digital Clubbing, Isolated Congenital,Familial Idiopathic Osteoarthropathy Of Childhood,Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy, Primary, Autosomal Dominant,Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy, Primary, Autosomal Recessive,Idiopathic Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy,Pachydermoperiostosis, Autosomal Dominant,Pachydermoperiostosis, Autosomal Recessive,Primary Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy, Autosomal Dominant,Touraine-Solente-Gole Syndrome,Acropachies, Hereditary,Autosomal Dominant Pachydermoperiostoses,Autosomal Dominant Pachydermoperiostosis,Autosomal Recessive Pachydermoperiostosis,Cranioosteoarthropathies,Hereditary Acropachies,Hereditary Acropachy,Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy, Idiopathic,Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy, Primary,Osteoarthropathy, Currarino Idiopathic,Osteoarthropathy, Idiopathic Hypertrophic,Pachydermoperiostoses, Autosomal Dominant,Primary Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy,Recessive Pachydermoperiostosis, Autosomal,Touraine Solente Gole Syndrome
D010025	Osteoradionecrosis	Necrosis of bone following radiation injury.	Osteoradionecroses
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000844	Ankylosis	Fixation and immobility of a joint.	Ankyloses
D001168	Arthritis	Acute or chronic inflammation of JOINTS.	Oligoarthritis,Polyarthritis,Arthritides,Oligoarthritides,Polyarthritides
D013704	Temporomandibular Joint	An articulation between the condyle of the mandible and the articular tubercle of the temporal bone.	TMJ,Joint, Temporomandibular,Joints, Temporomandibular,Temporomandibular Joints