Implants of the temporomandibular joint

Disorders of the temporomandibular joint are the result of degenerative diseases of the musculoskeletal system associated with morphological and functional deformities. Joint reconstruction is indicated in patients in whom conservative treatment has failed and a significant proportion of the joint has been lost. The use of total implants reconstructing the head and acetabulum has become a standard. Also, an individual design of plates adjacent to the bone is becoming an accepted norm. The developed procedures include the process of obtaining data using computed tomography, individual implant fitting and verification engineering analyses. The paper presents an example of an individual design process for a temporomandibular joint implant.