Condylar atrophy in craniomandibular disorders.

In order to investigate the clinical characteristics of patients with condylar atrophy, we examined 146 patients with craniomandibular disorders using tomography. No statistical difference in occurrence of the condylar atrophy between males and females was observed. Patients with condylar atrophy was younger than those without condylar atrophy. And, condylar atrophy was closely related to craniomandibular disorders, especially to internal derangement or osteoarthrosis of the temporomandibular joint.