Imaging of the Temporomandibular Joint (eBook)

Ingrid Różyło-Kalinowska, MD, PhD, DSc, is a specialist in radiology and diagnostic imaging and Head of the Independent Unit of Propedeutics of Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology at the Medical University of Lublin, Poland. Professor Różyło-Kalinowska graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the Medical University of Lublin in 1997 and gained her PhD with merit from the same university in 1999. She completed a DSc at the Medical University of Warsaw in 2004, and in 2007 was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology at the Medical University of Lublin. In 2010 Professor Różyło-Kalinowska was awarded the title of Full Professor by the President of Poland. She took up her current position in 2012. She is the President of the European Academy of DentoMaxilloFacial Radiology (EADMFR), Regional Director of the International Association of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology in Europe and vice-President of the Polish Dental Society. She is a member of several journal editorial boards and the author of more than 200 full papers as well as author and co-author of eleven books in Polish.Kaan Orhan, DDS, MSc, MHM, PhD, BBAc, is Professor of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology at Ankara University Faculty of Dentistry in Turkey, where he serves as a faculty in the Dentomaxillofacial Radiology Department. He received his DDS and MSc in 1998 and completed his maxillofacial radiology PhD studies in 2003 at the Osaka University Faculty of Dentistry in Japan and Ankara University in Turkey. In 2004, he started his academic career at Ankara University as a consultant in the Faculty of Dentistry. Between 2004 and 2006 he worked as a maxillofacial consultant and lecturer at the same university. He became an associate professor in 2006 and a full professor in 2012. Between 2007 and 2010, Dr. Orhan additionally acted as chairman of the Dentomaxillofacial Radiology Department, Near East University, Cyprus. He has served as President of the European Academy of DentoMaxilloFacial Radiology and is a fellow of the Japanese Board of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, European Society of Radiology, European Head and Neck Radiology Society, European Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology , Turkish Magnetic Resonance Society and Turkish Neuroradiology and Head and Neck Radiology Society. He also served as a board member of specialization committee in Ministry of Health,  and served as the recognition of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology specialty in Turkey. He is on the editorial board of many journals and is the author of more than 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals, as well contributor of eight books both in English and Turkish.

Chapter 1. Introduction to Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Imaging.- Chapter 2. Anatomy of the TMJ.- Chapter 3. Growth, Development and Ossification of Mandible and TMJ.- Chapter 4. Radiation Protection.- Chapter 5. Conventional Radiography in TMJ Imaging.- Chapter 6. Conventional Radiographic Findings in TMJ Disorders.- Chapter 7. Computed Tomography (CT) in TMJ Imaging.- Chapter 8. Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) in TMJ Imaging.- Chapter 9.  Ultrasonography in TMJ Imaging.- Chapter 10. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of TMJ.- Chapter 11. Incidental Findings in TMJ Imaging.- Chapter 12. Nuclear Medicine in TMJ Imaging.- Chapter 13. TMJ disk disorders and ostheoarthritis.- Chapter 14. High-grade inflammatory TMJ diseases.- Chapter 15. Other pathologic conditions of the TMJ.- Chapter 16. Arthrography of the TMJ and arthrography guided steroid treatment.- Chapter 17. Connection between TMJ and Temporal Bone.- Chapter 18. Benign and malignant tumors of the ear and temporal bone.- Chapter 19. Micro-CT applications in TMJ research.- Chapter 20. Genetical studies and approaches on TMJ pathologies.