TMJ Primary curriculum

The separate listing reflects its importance in mouth function.

  • Appreciation of the movements possible: protraction/ retraction; passive and active opening; closing; grinding
  • Its composition: synovial joint between mandibular head & squamous temporal bone
  • The role of the lateral temporomandibular & spenomandibular ligaments in stability → TMJ ligaments
  • Comparative stability of the joint in open vs closed positions
  • Role of the pterygoids, digastric, temporalis & masseter in joint function Movements of mandible

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articulation bw mandibular condyle and the squamous temporal bone.

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