TY - BOOK AU - Hazim Mohammad Almustafa Salih AU - Abeer Mohammad Kamal , AU - Angy Mohammad Alkhateib , AU - Mohammad El-Sayed Dehis , TI - Assessment of the effect of gap arthroplasty on salivary immunoglobulin a and serum interleukin- 6 in patients of temporomandibular joint bony ankylosis / PY - 2013/// CY - Cairo : PB - Hazim Mohammad Almustafa Salih , KW - Ankylosis KW - Temporomandibular joint KW - TMJ N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine - Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; Issued also as CD N2 - 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 {u2160}, comprised eight patients suffering from temporomandibular joint bony ankylosis (surgical group), and Group {u2161}, 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 {u2160} either unilaterally or bilaterally under general anesthesia UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -