Vîrlan Maria Justina Roxana, Păun Diana Loreta, Bordea Elena Nicoleta, Pellegrini Angelo, Spînu Arsenie Dan, Ivașcu Roxana Victoria, Nimigean Victor, Nimigean Vanda Roxana
Discipline of Oral Rehabilitation, Faculty of Dental Medicine, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Discipline of Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Exp Ther Med. 2021 Oct;22(4):1084. doi: 10.3892/etm.2021.10518. Epub 2021 Jul 30.
The temporomandibular joint (TMJ), the most complex and evolved joint in humans, presents two articular surfaces: the condyle of the mandible and the articular eminence (AE) of the temporal bone. AE is the anterior root of the zygomatic process of the temporal bone and has an anterior and a posterior slope, the latter being also known as the articular surface. AE is utterly important in the biomechanics of the TMJ, as the mandibular condyle slides along the posterior slope of the AE while the mandible moves. The aim of this review was to assess significant factors influencing the inclination of the AE, especially modifications caused by aging, biological sex or edentulism. Studies have reported variations in the angles of the slopes of the AE between medieval and recent human dry skulls, as well as between subjects of different racial origin. Recent articles have emphasized the significant role that tooth loss has on the flattening of the AE. Although some papers have described biological sex or age as factors which could be associated with differences in AE angulations, edentulism seems to be a significant factor impacting on the inclination of the AE.
颞下颌关节（TMJ）是人类最复杂且进化程度最高的关节，有两个关节面：下颌骨髁突和颞骨的关节结节（AE）。AE是颞骨颧突的前根，有一个前坡和一个后坡，后坡也被称为关节面。AE在颞下颌关节的生物力学中极其重要，因为当下颌骨移动时，下颌骨髁突沿着AE的后坡滑动。本综述的目的是评估影响AE倾斜度的重要因素，特别是由衰老、生物性别或无牙症引起的改变。研究报告了中世纪和近代人类干燥头骨之间以及不同种族受试者之间AE坡角的差异。近期文章强调了牙齿缺失对AE变平的重要作用。尽管一些论文将生物性别或年龄描述为可能与AE角度差异相关的因素，但无牙症似乎是影响AE倾斜度的一个重要因素。
