Research Article
Arthrocentesis and Temporomandibular Joint Disorders: Clinical and Radiological Results of a Prospective Study
Table 3
Changes in MRI findings.
| | Preoperative | Postoperative | P |
| Disc position | | | | No AD | 4 | 4 | | AD | 26 | 26 | |
| Disc mobility | | | | Normal | 30 | 30 | | Stuck | | | |
| Joint effusion | | | 0.15 | Absent | 22 | 24 | Present | 8 | 6 |
| Bone marrow oedema | | | | Absent | 25 | 25 | | Present | 5 | 5 | |
| Osteoarthrosis | | | | Absent | 27 | 27 | | Present | 3 | 3 | |
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AD: anterior displacement.
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