Discrepancy between centric relation and therapeutic position in TMJ disc displacement: a case report
Natalia Savychuk, Vasil Pekhno, Olena Doroshenko, Stanislav Riebienkov · 2026
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Natalia Savychuk and colleagues report a mismatch between jaw positions in chronic jaw joint disorder in a 2026 case report. A thirty-year-old woman had seven years of night-time clenching and persistent clicking on the right side, unrelieved by earlier orthodontics and a night guard. Magnetic resonance imaging was performed in several jaw positions to compare disc location with how the jaw bone seated.
The right joint showed advanced degeneration and a disc displaced forward without returning on opening, while the left disc displaced but returned. In the splint-guided therapeutic position, the left disc was partly recaptured, yet the jaw still did not reach the reference centric position. Night wear of a repositioning splint over three months reduced clicking and improved function. The authors recommend imaging in multiple positions before committing to long-term treatment.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Natalia Savychuk, Vasil Pekhno, Olena Doroshenko, Stanislav Riebienkov |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 20329 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |