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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry · 2020

The maxillofacial surgery unit received a patient with complaints of inability to close his mouth. This condition occurred when the patient was biting an apple. Objectively there is a frightened expression on the patient’s face, the mouth is open wide, the chin is displaced to the left, salivation is observed. Palpation through the external acoustic meatus detected no movements of the right articular head. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Temporomandibular joint pain dysfunction syndrome
  2. Right dislocation
  3. Fracture of the mandibular process
  4. Bilateral temporomandibular joint dislocation temporomandibular joint
  5. Acute temporomandibular arthritis
Correct answer

Right dislocation

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