MORPHOMETRICAL INDICES ON TEMPORO- MANDIBULAR JOINT IN PATIENTS WITH FACIAL ASYMMETRY AND PROGNATHIA

In both groups with the right and left asymmetrical state of facial skeleton temporo-mandibular joint (TMJ) on the deviated side showed a significally steeper eminence at the contrlateral side (p<0.05). The anterior joint space was narrower on the side of asymmetry than on the contrlateral side whereas the posterior joint space did not differ markedly. The marked anterior location of the head of condilus was noted on the side of asymmetry. While posterior one was observed on the contrlateral side. Both locations were significantly different from control data (p<0.05).