Use of Post-Auricular Approach to Removal Anchors after Discopexy – Clinical Case Report
Andréa Juliana Luz Perdigão
Department of Maxillo Facial Surgery and Traumatology, São Leopoldo Mandic, Street. Dr. José Rocha Junqueira, 13 - Pte. Preta, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Zip Code: 13045-755, Brazil.
Fabio Ricardo Loureiro Sato
Department of Odontology, Unesp Araçatuba Campus, Street. José Bonifácio, 1193, Araçatuba - SP, Zip 16015050, Brazil.
Marilia Oliveira Coelho Dutra Leal
Legal Institute of Medicine, Av. Venezuela, 2083, Liberdade, Boa Vista, Roraima, Zip Code: 69309-005, Brazil.
Rubens Gonçalves Teixeira
Department of Maxillo Facial Surgery and Traumatology, São Leopoldo Mandic, Street. Dr. José Rocha Junqueira, 13 - Pte. Preta, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Zip Code: 13045-755, Brazil.
Claudio Roberto Pacheco Jodas
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Department of Maxillo Facial Surgery and Traumatology, São Leopoldo Mandic, Street. Dr. José Rocha Junqueira, 13 - Pte. Preta, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Zip Code: 13045-755, Brazil.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The mandibular temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is two diarthrodial ginglymus joints joined by a single bone, the mandible. Multiple approaches to TMJ are described in the literature due to the complexity of their exposure without damaging the noble structures in the region (facial nerve, temporal artery, and parotid gland) and causing aesthetic damage. This article will present a case report of a 21-year-old female patient. The post-auricular approach removed loose anchors in the right TMJ due to a fistula in the pre-auricular approach region. The post-auricular approach efficiently exposed TMJ and the healing, presenting superior aesthetic results compared to other TMJ approaches.
Keywords: TMJ, TMJ disorders, temporomandibular joint disc displacement, mandibular condyle, post-auricular approach, mandibular movements, Axhausen