Some physiological and clinical changes in temporomandibular joint in patients with systemic rheumatoid arthritis

الملخص EN

The rheumatoid arthritis is one of the most common autoimmune disease, characterized by systemic chronic inflammation of joints.

This study done in marjan hospital in rheumatology centre in AL-Hilla City.

The total number of subjects involved in the study was 200 (130 patients & 70 control).

Tempromandibular joint effected with RA found clinical physiological symptom such as pain, clicking hearing, limitation of mouth opening.

The radiographic examination occur within normal, other have varies change such as flatting of condylar, abnormal or loss of normal shape or diminished thickness of condylar cartilage or complete destruction of condylar.

The results showed for hematological studies found the WBC and platelet count elevated when compared with healthy control that result from chronic inflammation, and another sample taken from same patient to analysis immunological studies (interleukin-1B, tumer necrotic factor alfa and serotonin) which highly elevated when compared with healthy control that leading increase clinical symptom in TMJ and condylar erosion with change of vertical dimension and occlusion.