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anterior displacement
A 34-year-old male asked:
Dr. Raymond Schneider answered
46 years experience Family Medicine
Messed up shoulder.: It means you have multiple injuries to your shoulder joint. The labrum is a cup like structure into which the humeral head fits. If that labrum is tor ... Read More
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Dr. Gregory Krivchenia answered
40 years experience Orthopedic Surgery
Surgery: If this is symptomatic, an arthroscopic evaluation of the should would be in order to asses treatment options.
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A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. Robert Douglas answered
51 years experience Orthodontics
Usually: Anterior displacement of the disk is often but not always present with TMD. If you have clicking or popping on wide opening of your jaw, you have disk ... Read More
Dr. Paul Grin answered
36 years experience Pain Management
Not disc related: TMJ dislocation, also known as "open lock," describes a condition in which the patient cannot close his/her mouth after wide opening. This condition i ... Read More
A 61-year-old female asked:
Dr. Edward Hellman answered
29 years experience Orthopedic Surgery
Inflammation: When a tendon gets inflamed, you will often get an inflammatory tissue that forms around the tendon. Sometimes there is enough that it can push the t ... Read More
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Probably: consult with orthopedic surgeon; bad positional tear and if not corrected can cause instability.
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A 30-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jason Rudolph answered
28 years experience Orthopedic Surgery
Fracture?: A displaced fracture is one that is not aligned properly. A displaced fracture in joint is a real problem, if it heals in a displaced position, then a ... Read More
A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Steven Bender answered
35 years experience Dentistry
TMJ disc procedures: Disc repositioning of the tmjs is not a scientificaly sound procedure. Very few follow up studies confirm maintanance of the positioning via imaging s ... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. Louis Gallia answered
45 years experience Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Depends on symptoms: It depends on what your symptoms are and how much it bothers you. If you have no pain, or limitation of opening - no treatment indicated. If you are h ... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Yunus Shah answered
42 years experience Anesthesiology
Needs evaluation: Generally speaking, mild disc issues are fairly common on imaging such as MRI. The question of shooting pain in the arm and leg requires a more detai ... Read More
A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. Manami Yamaguchi answered
25 years experience Dentistry
Clarification: I'm sorry for my response not being an answer, but if you can give more information about the background of this question, you'd receive more useful r ... Read More
A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Vlad Gendelman answered
17 years experience Orthopedic Surgery
Nothing: There is nothing that would "diffuse" a tear of the anterior cruciate ligament (acl). Acl is one of only few ligaments in our body that is entirely i ... Read More
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