EFFECT OF INTRA-ARTICULAR CORTICOSTEROID INJECTIONS ON TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT STRUCTURE (EXPERIMENTAL STUDY) | ||||
| Egyptian Dental Journal | ||||
| Article 16, Volume 62, Issue 1 - January (Part 5), January 2016, Page 1189-1193 PDF (700.68 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/edj.2016.96967 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Asmaa Ghazal1; Amany H. Nemat2 | ||||
| 1B.D.S 2004, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University. | ||||
| 2Professor of oral pathology, Head of Orodental Research Division, National Research Centre. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| aim of the study: to evaluate the short term effect of corticosteroid injection on temporomandibular joint structure. materials and methods: Thirty six adult rats with weight ranged between 150-200 gm were included in the current study with normally functioning temporomandibular joint. The rats were divided into three groups: A, B, and C. every group is divided into (2) sub-groups. Each sub- group had (6) rats. All rats of the group A were injected one time, A1 sacrificed after one week, A2 sacrificed after 2 weeks form injection. all rats of the group B were injected 2 times at (0&6 weeks), B1 sacrificed after one week from last injection, B2 sacrificed after 2 weeks form last injection. . all rats of the group C were injected 3 times at (0,6&12 weeks), C1 sacrificed after one week from last injection, C2 sacrificed after 2 weeks form last injection. Results: injection of corticosteroids for the 3rd time showed signs of inflammatory invasion and fatty degeneration showed in all cases. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Temporomandibular joint; corticosteroids effect; depo-Medrol injection | ||||
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