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Neonatal Temporomandibular Joint Dislocation: A Case Report and Literature Review

Neonatal temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dislocation is rare. The purpose of this study is to describe a case of neonatal TMJ dysfunction and to review the literature on this topic. A six-day-old female was seen with both parents for evaluation of a dislocating jaw. Her mother had been breastfeeding s...

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Autores principales: Le, Tyler A, Ma, Alison C, Clausen, Sean, Carr, Michele M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10324983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37425566
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40051
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description Neonatal temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dislocation is rare. The purpose of this study is to describe a case of neonatal TMJ dysfunction and to review the literature on this topic. A six-day-old female was seen with both parents for evaluation of a dislocating jaw. Her mother had been breastfeeding successfully but noticed that there was a noticeable click every time the baby swallowed. Her jaw came out and down as she fed and then returned to the normal position. Over the last few days, her mother felt that only one side was involved as her jaw movement seemed asymmetrical. Her primary care physician had witnessed the click during the sucking reflex. The patient had a normal appearance and was otherwise healthy. The pediatric otolaryngologist observed deviation of the jaw toward the left with a palpable click upon mouth opening and spontaneous reduction with mouth closing. The symptoms resolved over the following month. The literature review showed few cases of TMJ dislocation in infants, most of which described fixed dislocation related to vomiting or crying. Due to the development of the TMJ in infancy characterized by joint laxity and a flat mandibular fossa, malfunctioning of the hinge joint mechanism could be expected to be more common early in life.
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spelling pubmed-103249832023-07-07 Neonatal Temporomandibular Joint Dislocation: A Case Report and Literature Review Le, Tyler A Ma, Alison C Clausen, Sean Carr, Michele M Cureus Otolaryngology Neonatal temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dislocation is rare. The purpose of this study is to describe a case of neonatal TMJ dysfunction and to review the literature on this topic. A six-day-old female was seen with both parents for evaluation of a dislocating jaw. Her mother had been breastfeeding successfully but noticed that there was a noticeable click every time the baby swallowed. Her jaw came out and down as she fed and then returned to the normal position. Over the last few days, her mother felt that only one side was involved as her jaw movement seemed asymmetrical. Her primary care physician had witnessed the click during the sucking reflex. The patient had a normal appearance and was otherwise healthy. The pediatric otolaryngologist observed deviation of the jaw toward the left with a palpable click upon mouth opening and spontaneous reduction with mouth closing. The symptoms resolved over the following month. The literature review showed few cases of TMJ dislocation in infants, most of which described fixed dislocation related to vomiting or crying. Due to the development of the TMJ in infancy characterized by joint laxity and a flat mandibular fossa, malfunctioning of the hinge joint mechanism could be expected to be more common early in life. Cureus 2023-06-06 /pmc/articles/PMC10324983/ /pubmed/37425566 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40051 Text en Copyright © 2023, Le et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Neonatal Temporomandibular Joint Dislocation: A Case Report and Literature Review
title Neonatal Temporomandibular Joint Dislocation: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full Neonatal Temporomandibular Joint Dislocation: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_fullStr Neonatal Temporomandibular Joint Dislocation: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Neonatal Temporomandibular Joint Dislocation: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_short Neonatal Temporomandibular Joint Dislocation: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_sort neonatal temporomandibular joint dislocation: a case report and literature review
topic Otolaryngology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10324983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37425566
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40051
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