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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2017

A 40-year-old patient complains of pain in the tragus area, clicking sound during mouth opening, stuffed ears. Objectively: the face is symmetrical, mouth opening path is straight.Dentition defect can be estimated as Kennedy I class; the 18, 17, 16, 26, 27, and 28 teeth are missing. In this case the load would be the most traumatizing for the following anatomical structure:

Answer options

  1. Socket floor of the temporal bone
  2. Articular capsule
  3. Distal slope of the articular tubercle
  4. Articular head
  5. Interarticular disk
Correct answer

Interarticular disk

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