Temporalis muscle reorientation as a new surgery for treatment of recurrent mandibular dislocation

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Recurrent mandibular dislocation (RMD) is a frustrating and unpredicted problems and occurs at any age.

Almost of surgeons pay attention to the condylar compartments by variety of obstructing surgery to the condylar pathway.

The problem of recurrent dislocation started since long time and according the knowledge available many trials of treatment were done .At the last few years and after revision of all surgical modalities and benefit outcome to the treated patients new surgery was adopted through the reorientation of the temporalis elevator muscle fibers .the surgery done for thirty sex patients sustained recurrent mandibular dislocation and had been treated by conservative methods for a long time without satisfactory result.

The cases include 24 Females and 12 males with mean age 32 years ,follow up was extended to six years in some of these cases with promising outcome.