Letter to the Editor: Impact of Overloading on Temporomandibular Joint Osteoarthritis

Abstract

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Asakawa-Tanne

Kunimatsu

Hirose

Mitsuyoshi

Okamoto

Tanaka

Tanne

Tanimoto

. 2015. Effects of enzymatic degradation after loading in temporomandibular joint. J Dent Res. 94(2):337–343.

Huey

Athanasiou

. 2012. Unlike bone, cartilage regeneration remains elusive. Science. 338(6109):917–921.

Ikeda

Yonemitsu

Takei

Shibata

Ono

. 2014. Mechanical loading leads to osteoarthritis-like changes in the hypofunctional temporomandibular joint in rats. Arch Oral Biol. 59(12):1368–1376.

Kuroda

Tanimoto

Izawa

Fujihara

Koolstra

Tanaka

. 2009. Biomechanical and biochemical characteristics of the mandibular condylar cartilage. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 17(11):1408–1415.

Shirakura

Tanimoto

Eguchi

Miyauchi

Nakamura

Hiyama

Tanimoto

Tanaka

Takata

Tanne

. 2010. Activation of the hypoxia-inducible factor-1 in overloaded temporomandibular joint, and induction of osteoclastogenesis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 393(4):800–805.

Wang

Zhang

Gan

Zhou

. 2015. Current understanding of pathogenesis and treatment of TMJ osteoarthritis. J Dent Res. 94(5):666–673.