Avaliação das alterações ósseas na articulação temporomandibular de pacientes com artrite idiopática juvenil por meio de tomografia computadorizada de feixe cônico

Abstract

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is a chronic rheumatic disease of childhood, accounting for physical limitations, psychological, social and even the patients in the short and / or long term, and is characterized by inflammation of the synovium in one or more joints. The temporomandibular joint (TMJ), like other synovial joint may be a site for juvenile idiopathic arthritis. The literature reports a high prevalence of signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) in patients with JIA. Were evaluated the temporomandibular joints of 15 patients (30 joints) with diagnosis of juvenile idiopathic arthritis using cone beam computed tomography in order to investigate bone changes (flattening, erosion, osteophytes and sclerosis). Among the patients, 13 had at least one of the types of alterations analyzed (87%) and only two patients showed no changes recorded tomographically. Flattening and osteophytes were the most found in the mandibular condyles and (53.3%) and 43.3% of the complexe fossa/articular eminences were flattened. The alterations were more frequent than the literature reports and are justified by the improvement of diagnostic tools - cone beam computed tomography.