When words hurt … literally. A case report of temporomandibular joint dislocation in a patient with Tourette’s syndrome

Abstract

Tourette's syndrome is a disease from the borderlands of psychiatry and neurology. Its course consists of chronic motor tics, vocal tics or vocalizations. The first symptoms appear in childhood or adolescence. Tics may cause body injuries. In this case, tics probably have contributed dislocation of the temporomandibular joints.

Keywords

• tourette’s syndrome
• temporomandibular joint dislocation, temporomandibular joint injury