Department of Oral Rehabilitation, The Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv.
J Oral Rehabil. 2012 Dec;39(12):888-95. doi: 10.1111/joor.12001. Epub 2012 Sep 19.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between dental status and the prevalence and severity of osseous changes in the temporomandibular joints of human skulls from the Roman-Byzantine period. Fifty-eight skulls from 36 men and 22 women between the ages of 19 and 63 years were studied, and the following parameters were evaluated: morphological osseous changes in the articular surface of the condyles, tooth wear and molar support. A significant correlation between age and dental wear or loss of molar support was observed, although no correlation was noted between age and morphological osseous changes in the condyles. The loss of molar support was significantly correlated with morphological osseous changes of the condyles, whereas no significant correlation was found between dental wear and condylar changes. This study demonstrates that the loss of molar support can serve as a predictor of osseous changes in the condyle. Reduced molar support may be one of the aetiologies associated with morphological osseous changes in temporomandibular joints. Further studies should to be performed to investigate this potential correlation.
本研究旨在评估牙列状况与罗马-拜占庭时期人类颅骨颞下颌关节骨变化的发生率和严重程度之间的关系。研究了 58 例年龄在 19 至 63 岁之间的 36 名男性和 22 名女性的颅骨，评估了以下参数：髁突关节表面的形态骨变化、牙齿磨损和磨牙支持。尽管髁突的形态骨变化与年龄之间没有相关性，但观察到年龄与牙齿磨损或磨牙支持丧失之间存在显著相关性。磨牙支持丧失与髁突的形态骨变化显著相关，而牙齿磨损与髁突变化之间没有显著相关性。本研究表明，磨牙支持丧失可作为髁突骨变化的预测指标。磨牙支持的减少可能是与颞下颌关节形态骨变化相关的病因之一。应进行进一步的研究来探讨这种潜在的相关性。
