Fig 1.
A: reference line and the two points for the insertion of the needles. B: first needle inserted. C: second needle inserted. D: first needle connected with syringe and the second needle connected to a vacuum pump. The physiological solution is administered in the first needle, get into the superior compartment of TMJ and got out by the second needle.
Table 1.
Distribution of the frequency, average and standard deviation (±SD) of the descriptive variables.
Table 2.
Descriptive measures of the variables VAS and MID.
Fig 2.
A: before the arthrocentesis. B: four months after arthrocentesis.
Fig 3.
A: before the arthrocentesis. B: four months after arthrocentesis.
Fig 4.
A: before the arthrocentesis. B: four months after arthrocentesis.
Table 3.
Distribution of the position of the TMJ disc according to the second MRI.