Abstract:Background
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) has been shown to involve the temporo-mandibular joint (TMJ) and the facial growth with a high frequency. Arthritis in this joint is often not associated with pain and clinical signs are usually poor
Objectives
To evaluate the validity of different TMJ screening methods we have studied 42 patients (32 female-10 male) mean age 15.1 yrs (range 6.8 -31.4), mean disease onset age 8.0 yrs (range 1-16) mean disease duration 6.6 yrs (range 0.1-21.4)
Methods
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