This case report documents the treatment of a female patient, 37 years 6 months of age, with a Class II open bite malocclusion with severe osteoarthritis of the temporomandibular joint associated with Hashimoto disease, a chronic inflammatory disease of the thyroid in which autoimmune factors play a prominent role. The simultaneous treatment of both pathologies (malocclusion and thyroiditis) led to the cessation of pain and dysfunctional symptoms in both temporomandibular joints.
Osteoarthritis of the temporomandibular joint in an adult patient with Hashimoto thyroiditis: case report / V., Grenga; R., Schiavoni; Lubrano, Carla. - In: WORLD JOURNAL OF ORTHODONTICS. - ISSN 1530-5678. - 5:3(2004), pp. 254-259.
Osteoarthritis of the temporomandibular joint in an adult patient with Hashimoto thyroiditis: case report.
LUBRANO, Carla
2004
Abstract
This case report documents the treatment of a female patient, 37 years 6 months of age, with a Class II open bite malocclusion with severe osteoarthritis of the temporomandibular joint associated with Hashimoto disease, a chronic inflammatory disease of the thyroid in which autoimmune factors play a prominent role. The simultaneous treatment of both pathologies (malocclusion and thyroiditis) led to the cessation of pain and dysfunctional symptoms in both temporomandibular joints.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.