Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2015
A 44-year-old patient complains of painful and restricted mouth closing, inability to take food and sharp pain in the temporomandibular joint. Objectively: the mouth is half-open, the lower jaw is displaced in the distal projection, the lower jaw processes are displaced upwards; trismus of the masticatory muscles and swelling in the temporomandibular joint areas are observed. What is the most probable diagnosis?
Answer options
- Dystal mandibular dislocation
- Acute arthritis of temporomandibular joints
- Bilateral fractures of the condylar processes of mandible
- Bilateral mandibular fracture in the mandibular angle area
- Bilateral ankylosis of temporomandibular joint
Correct answer
Dystal mandibular dislocation
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