Artroscopia da articulação temporomandibular: revisão de literatura e relato de caso clínico

Abstract

Temporomandibular disorders can impair the quality of life causing symptoms like pain, restriction of mandibular motion and joint noise. The treatment of this problem is controversial, and consists of non-surgical modalities as physiotherapy, pharmacology, oclusal splints, psychotherapy and surgical modalities, such as arthroscopy of the temporomandibular joint, which represents a minimally invasivetechnique with high rate of success. In this paper, the literature is reviewed about temporomandibular disorders, focusing on the arthroscopic treatment. A case report of a non-reducible discdisplacement that failed to respond to five months of non-surgical management, that was submitted to the arthroscopic treatment in the department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais is also presented