Condylar asymmetry and its relation to age in a group of patients with a craniomandibular disorder of myogenous origin
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- 1 November 1994
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Oral Rehabilitation
- Vol. 21 (6) , 707-711
Abstract
A group of patients with a myogenous origin of craniomandibular disorders was found to show a variation of condylar asymmetry with age. The curve obtained by plotting patient age against their asymmetry index was parabolic in nature. This differed from a group of patients with an arthrogenous origin of pain, where a linear correlation with age, with a negative slope, had previously been found. The mean asymmetry index for this group of patients was found to be 23.77%. This is higher than that reported for a group of patients with a craniomandibular disorder of arthrogenous origin, namely 18.76%. It appears that these two groups differ in the variation of condylar asymmetry with age..Keywords
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