Temporomandibular joint dislocation in an 18-month-old child

Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dislocation in children is extremely rare. In our case, an 18-month-old child presented with a history of inability to close her mouth. To confirm the clinical diagnosis, a computed tomogram was taken. Clinical examination and X-ray of the TMJ revealed bilateral TMJ dis...

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Main Authors: Jaeson Mohanan Painatt, Ravi Veeraraghavan, Ushass Puthalath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Contemporary Clinical Dentistry
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Online Access:http://www.contempclindent.org/article.asp?issn=0976-237X;year=2017;volume=8;issue=1;spage=155;epage=157;aulast=Painatt
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spelling doaj-3265b69754914c57ab00a0b2ed54b3c32020-11-25T00:04:20ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsContemporary Clinical Dentistry0976-237X0976-23612017-01-018115515710.4103/ccd.ccd_1041_16Temporomandibular joint dislocation in an 18-month-old childJaeson Mohanan PainattRavi VeeraraghavanUshass PuthalathTemporomandibular joint (TMJ) dislocation in children is extremely rare. In our case, an 18-month-old child presented with a history of inability to close her mouth. To confirm the clinical diagnosis, a computed tomogram was taken. Clinical examination and X-ray of the TMJ revealed bilateral TMJ dislocation. Bilateral TMJ reduction was achieved manually after giving analgesia and procedural sedation. This is one of the few case reports of an acute dislocation in a toddler.http://www.contempclindent.org/article.asp?issn=0976-237X;year=2017;volume=8;issue=1;spage=155;epage=157;aulast=PainattChilddislocationtemporomandibular joint
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author Jaeson Mohanan Painatt
Ravi Veeraraghavan
Ushass Puthalath
spellingShingle Jaeson Mohanan Painatt
Ravi Veeraraghavan
Ushass Puthalath
Temporomandibular joint dislocation in an 18-month-old child
Contemporary Clinical Dentistry
Child
dislocation
temporomandibular joint
author_facet Jaeson Mohanan Painatt
Ravi Veeraraghavan
Ushass Puthalath
author_sort Jaeson Mohanan Painatt
title Temporomandibular joint dislocation in an 18-month-old child
title_short Temporomandibular joint dislocation in an 18-month-old child
title_full Temporomandibular joint dislocation in an 18-month-old child
title_fullStr Temporomandibular joint dislocation in an 18-month-old child
title_full_unstemmed Temporomandibular joint dislocation in an 18-month-old child
title_sort temporomandibular joint dislocation in an 18-month-old child
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Contemporary Clinical Dentistry
issn 0976-237X
0976-2361
publishDate 2017-01-01
description Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dislocation in children is extremely rare. In our case, an 18-month-old child presented with a history of inability to close her mouth. To confirm the clinical diagnosis, a computed tomogram was taken. Clinical examination and X-ray of the TMJ revealed bilateral TMJ dislocation. Bilateral TMJ reduction was achieved manually after giving analgesia and procedural sedation. This is one of the few case reports of an acute dislocation in a toddler.
topic Child
dislocation
temporomandibular joint
url http://www.contempclindent.org/article.asp?issn=0976-237X;year=2017;volume=8;issue=1;spage=155;epage=157;aulast=Painatt
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