On the Analysis of the Contact Conditions in Temporomandibular Joint Prostheses

<table class="table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Component</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Damaged zone length (mm)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Glenoid fossa component</td><td class="align_center"><span style="width: 15.8373ptpx;"><svg height="11.4488pt" id="M3" style="vertical-align:-5.48789pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -5.96091 15.8373 11.4488" width="15.8373pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M536 404C536 423 520 448 491 448C445 448 398 404 308 283L286 338C255 416 242 448 217 448C182 448 138 402 92 341L111 321C149 368 169 378 178 378C188 378 198 363 214 320L254 212C185 117 138 65 107 65C98 65 85 69 82 75C79 82 73 86 65 86C44 86 23 60 23 39C23 7 44 -12 71 -12C119 -12 168 33 265 177L306 61C321 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-9Z" id="g58-101"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,11.616,3.132)"><path d="M56 439L27 407L32 396H103V106C103 41 96 35 31 30V0H271V29C191 37 184 40 184 110V396H293C304 404 309 428 303 439H184V473C183 558 195 604 207 623S234 653 261 653C293 653 322 635 341 616C350 607 360 606 370 614C381 622 386 631 389 638C394 652 393 664 384 675C366 696 339 708 303 710C263 705 225 686 190 655C137 608 121 561 114 538S103 487 103 456V439H56Z" id="g58-100"></path></g></svg></span></td><td class="align_center">5.01</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center"><span style="width: 15.5764ptpx;"><svg height="11.4488pt" id="M4" style="vertical-align:-5.48789pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -5.96091 15.5764 11.4488" width="15.5764pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M556 393C556 426 537 448 514 448C496 448 478 435 471 420C468 414 462 401 466 394C473 382 480 368 480 346C480 268 392 143 338 67H336C329 163 319 253 309 330S286 448 254 448C215 448 160 383 127 337L143 311C167 344 200 373 208 373S222 365 229 320C246 214 264 66 268 -20C219 -83 131 -171 17 -239L25 -261L137 -235C248 -110 273 -79 335 8C384 77 481 215 520 287C544 332 556 363 556 393Z" id="g113-122"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,6.942,3.132)"><path d="M472 439C432 432 382 428 334 425C303 442 271 451 236 451H235C158 451 54 398 54 285C54 216 97 171 140 152C124 133 93 105 53 90C52 81 55 63 64 48C77 27 102 5 137 -6C115 -22 77 -53 57 -73C40 -88 32 -107 32 -130C32 -189 96 -253 208 -253C340 -253 461 -159 461 -56C461 44 378 63 314 63C281 63 246 62 207 62C163 62 145 80 145 99C145 114 160 130 175 141C191 138 210 136 226 136C314 136 405 188 405 294C405 329 393 359 376 382L433 378C448 387 469 415 477 430L472 439ZM226 417C282 417 320 364 320 288S281 172 236 171C180 171 142 224 142 300S182 417 226 417ZM248 -9C291 -9 319 -11 346 -22S390 -57 390 -90C390 -151 339 -199 246 -199C171 -199 114 -159 114 -106C114 -79 132 -53 159 -30C178 -15 200 -9 248 -9Z" id="g58-101"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,11.356,3.132)"><path d="M56 439L27 407L32 396H103V106C103 41 96 35 31 30V0H271V29C191 37 184 40 184 110V396H293C304 404 309 428 303 439H184V473C183 558 195 604 207 623S234 653 261 653C293 653 322 635 341 616C350 607 360 606 370 614C381 622 386 631 389 638C394 652 393 664 384 675C366 696 339 708 303 710C263 705 225 686 190 655C137 608 121 561 114 538S103 487 103 456V439H56Z" id="g58-100"></path></g></svg></span></td><td class="align_center">1.85</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Mandibular component</td><td class="align_center"><span style="width: 15.4446ptpx;"><svg height="9.14241pt" id="M5" style="vertical-align:-3.1815pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -5.96091 15.4446 9.14241" width="15.4446pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M536 404C536 423 520 448 491 448C445 448 398 404 308 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451 614 451C583 451 558 438 537 425C512 409 485 391 454 368C434 420 390 451 342 451C309 451 285 439 260 424C228 405 206 387 185 372V453C141 434 90 421 43 413V386C102 378 105 373 105 309V106C105 41 96 35 29 30V0H243V30C194 35 185 41 185 106V335C216 360 256 389 297 389C357 389 384 348 384 275V106C384 41 374 35 312 30V0H530V30C475 35 465 41 465 104V294C465 313 464 324 463 336C502 367 539 389 576 389C637 389 663 346 663 274V109C663 41 653 35 593 30V0H810Z" id="g58-107"></path></g></svg></span></td><td class="align_center">2.73</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Average longitudinal and traverse dimensions of the damaged zone within the contact interface of a resected after failure Christensen TMJ prosthesis specimen by microscope.</div>

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Table 5: On the Analysis of the Contact Conditions in Temporomandibular Joint Prostheses 