THE USE OF CRANIOMETRIC AND MORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES IN THE ASSESSMENT OF STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF THE TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT

Abstract

This paper analyzes the results of craniometrical and morphological studies of the temporomandibular joints of native products have been certified 58 skulls of people with physiological occlusion and a full set of permanent teeth, as well as with the included defects of dentition short-haul. The results of the research allow arguing that temporomandibular joint of an adult with physiological occlusion of the dentition has certain patterns, shapes and sizes, and clearly marked with the laws of the location of its structural elements.

Keywords

• temporomandibular joint
• occlusion abnormalities
• defects in dentition
• native products skull
• craniometry