Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2008
A 58-year-old patient complains about clicking in the mandibulotemporal joint during eating. Periodically as a result of wide mouth opening the mandible takes up such a position that makes mouth closing impossible. The mandible can be easily placed into its initial position by pressing with fingers upon its coronoid processes. What is your presumptive diagnosis?
Answer options
- Anterior dislocation
- Habitual dislocation of mandible
- Posterior dislocation
- Acute dislocation of mandible
- Subluxation of mandible
Correct answer
Habitual dislocation of mandible
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