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Assessment of the effect of gap arthroplasty on salivary immunoglobulin a and serum interleukin- 6 in patients of temporomandibular joint bony ankylosis /

Hazim Mohammad Almustafa Salih

Assessment of the effect of gap arthroplasty on salivary immunoglobulin a and serum interleukin- 6 in patients of temporomandibular joint bony ankylosis / تقييم تأثير التجميل الفجوى على المصل اللعابى- أو الإنترليوكين- ٦ فى مرضى تيبس المفصل الصدغى الفكى Hazim Mohammad Almustafa Salih ; Supervised Mohammad El-Sayed Dehis , Abeer Mohammad Kamal , Angy Mohammad Alkhateib - Cairo : Hazim Mohammad Almustafa Salih , 2013 - 73 Leaves : facsimiles ; 30cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine - Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Objectives: To assess the effect of gap arthroplasty surgery on immunocompetence of patients with temporomandibular joint bony ankylosisin regard to salivary IgA and serum interleuklin-6. Materials and Methods: Twenty four subjects were selected and classified into two groups: Group , comprised eight patients suffering from temporomandibular joint bony ankylosis (surgical group), and Group , comprised sixteen healthy subjects as volunteers, related to, or neighbors of the selected patients and represented the (control group). Gap arthroplasty was performed on Group either unilaterally or bilaterally under general anesthesia



Ankylosis Temporomandibular joint TMJ