AbstractRecently, Thermography was widely performed to diagnose the orofacial pain. The purpose
of this study was to control the various condition which have an effect on the thermographic
image, to observe the secondary effects of the symptoms and to properly evaluate the
thermographic image.
For this study, 66 patients with craniomandibular disorders and 5 healthy volunteers
were examined and analyzed with the thermographic image.
The results were as followed
1. Craniomandibular disorders were most frequently occurred in 20-year-old female group.
2. 58 cases(87.9% ) of 66 patients with craniomandibular pain showed the thermal differen-
ces with a clinical significance
3. Craniomandibular symptoms were composed of the joint pain(31 cases ; 47.0%), the
joint-muscle pain(27 cases '? 40.9%) and the muscle pain only(8 cases :12.1%).
4. Clinically, Most patients with the joint pain or with the muscle pain showed thermal
changes on the only pain site of temporomandibular joint area. But, patients with the
joint-muscle pain showed no thermal changes on the both of joint and masseter areas.
5. By masticatory movements, the surface temperature of the working side was increased,
and gradually decreased in the course of time. And then the normal temperature was
observed after 40 minutes
Recently, Thermography was widely performed to diagnose the orofacial pain. The purpose of this study was to control the various condition which have an effect on the thermographic image, to observe the secondary effects of the symptoms and to properly evaluate the thermographic image.
For this study, 66 patients with craniomandibular disorders and 5 healthy volunteers were examined and analyzed with the thermographic image.
The results were as followed
1. Craniomandibular disorders were most frequently occurred in 20-year-old female group.
2. 58 cases(87.9% ) of 66 patients with craniomandibular pain showed the thermal differences with a clinical significance
3. Craniomandibular symptoms were composed of the joint pain(31 cases : 47.0%), the joint-muscle pain(27 cases : 40.9%) and the muscle pain only(8 cases : 12.1%).
4. Clinically, Most patients with the joint pain or with the muscle pain showed thermal changes on the only pain site of temporomandibular joint area. But, patients with the joint-muscle pain showed no thermal changes on the both of joint and masseter areas.
5. By masticatory movements, the surface temperature of the working side was increased, and gradually decreased in the course of time. And then the normal temperature was observed after 40 minutes
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