Long-term Follow up of TMJ Surgery and Evaluation of the 6-month Control as a Prognostic Marker.

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Conditions studied: Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD), Temporomandibular Joint Disc Displacement, With Reduction, Temporomandibular Joint Disc Displacement, Without Reduction

In brief

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the long-term outcome of surgical intervention (arthroscopy or discectomy) due to the diagnoses temporomandibular joint disc displacement with or without displacement. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does the surgical outcome recorded at the earlier 6-month follow up persist at the long-term follow up approximately 10 years postoperatively? * How does the radiologically determined degree of joint degeneration change with time in patients that have had joint surgery? Researchers will compare the six-month surgical outcome to the ten-year outcome to see if temporomandibular joint surgery results are stable over time. Participants with an earlier performed joint surgery will: * Have a clinical examination approximately ten years postoperatively. * Have a temporomandibular joint x-ray scan performed (cone-beam computed tomography).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06782165

Run by

Karolinska Institutet

People needed

91

Starts

2025-04-01

Expected to finish

2027-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-08-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients participating in the studies with ethical approval numbers EPN 2014/764-31/2 and 2014/622-31/1.
• Initial diagnosis DDwR or DDwoR.

You may not qualify if…

• Patient unable to verify informed consent.

Where it is running

• Karolinska Institutet — Huddinge, Sweden (enrolling)

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