La hiperplasia condílea, tratamiento mediante condilectomía alta y meniscopexia
- Santiago Ochandiano Caicoya
- José Ignacio Salmerón Escobar
- Francisco de Asís Soler Presas
- Julio Jesús Acero Sanz
- M. Cuesta Gil
- Carlos Concejo Cútoli
ISSN: 1130-0558
Year of publication: 2000
Volume: 22
Issue: 1
Pages: 31-37
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista española de cirugía oral y maxilofacial: Publicación Oficial de la Sociedad Española de Cirugía Oral y Maxilofacial
Abstract
Condilar hiperplasia is an infrecuent acquired pathologic of the mandibular development, with unkonw ethiology and a characteristic lower face deformity indlucy oclusal and temporomandibular joint disorders. We review the bibliography and our experience in this Tepic. We present seven treated by jeans of orthodontic and surgical procedurers like hig condilectomy and disc repositioning with a complete radiologic exploration (Ortopantomography, lateral craneal teleradiography with cefalometry, and a proper occlusion is achieved without symptoms of TMJ derangement. Surgical and simultaneous orthodontic treatment is an adecuate and established treatment for condilar hiperplasia