Can the temporomandibular joint be affected by orthodontic treatment?
1965
H Derichsweiler
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MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D009971
Orthodontics, Corrective
The phase of orthodontics concerned with the correction of malocclusion with proper appliances and prevention of its sequelae (Jablonski's Illus. Dictionary of Dentistry).
Corrective Orthodontics
D003813
Dentistry
The profession concerned with the teeth, oral cavity, and associated structures, and the diagnosis and treatment of their diseases including prevention and the restoration of defective and missing tissue.
D013704
Temporomandibular Joint
An articulation between the condyle of the mandible and the articular tubercle of the temporal bone.
January 1992,
American journal of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics : official publication of the American Association of Orthodontists, its constituent societies, and the American Board of Orthodontics,
June 1987,
American journal of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics : official publication of the American Association of Orthodontists, its constituent societies, and the American Board of Orthodontics,