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ArticleFrontiers in oral health2025

Application of individualized osteotomy and registration guide plate in temporomandibular joint gap arthroplasty: a pilot clinical study.

Jianfei Zhang, Jian Sun, Tengfei Jiang, Guokai Zhou, Yuan Tian, Liang Xia, Wenbin Zhang

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Jianfei Zhang *Department of Oral & Cranio-maxillofacial Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology & Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology, Shanghai, China.
Jian Sun *Department of Oral & Cranio-maxillofacial Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology & Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology, Shanghai, China.
Tengfei Jiang *Department of Oral & Cranio-maxillofacial Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology & Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology, Shanghai, China.
Guokai ZhouDepartment of Stomatology, People's Hospital of Xiangyun Affiliated to Dali University, Dali, Yunnan, China.
Yuan TianInstitute of Molecular Medicine and Shanghai Key Laboratory for Nucleic Acid Chemistry and Nanomedicine, State Key Laboratory of Systems Medicine for Cancer, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Liang XiaDepartment of Oral & Cranio-maxillofacial Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology & Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology, Shanghai, China.
Wenbin ZhangDepartment of Oral & Cranio-maxillofacial Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology & Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology, Shanghai, China.

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Introduction: Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis severely compromises mandibular mobility and overall oral function. Gap arthroplasty remains the standard surgical treatment. However, the accuracy of navigation-assisted procedures is frequently limited by anatomical registration challenges, particularly when relying on dental surface matching. Methods: This single-center prospective study enrolled 30 patients with unilateral bony TMJ ankylosis. Participants were randomly assigned to either a dental surface registration group ( Results: The guide plate group achieved significantly shorter registration times (56.23 ± 11.33 s; 95% CI: 49.35-63.11) compared with the dental registration group (935.03 ± 85.40 s; 95% CI: 894.55-975.51; Discussion: Integration of an individualized osteotomy and registration guide plate significantly improved intraoperative efficiency and spatial accuracy in TMJ gap arthroplasty without compromising functional outcomes. These pilot findings support the clinical feasibility of the guide plate system, though larger multicenter studies and evaluation of inter-operator variability are required for broader validation.

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ankylosiscraniomaxillofacial surgeryindividualized guidenavigation-assisted surgeryTMJ arthroplasty

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