OMFS Board Exam Review #15 - TMJ Changes, Wilkes TMJ Stages, Arthrocentesis, Complications

Top 5 Topics:

- Wilkes TMJ Stages

- Arthrocentesis & Arthroscopy TMJ treatment options

- TMJ Surgery Complications

- TMJ Reconstruction Grafts

- TMJ Ankylosis Diagnosis & Management

*** These are live recordings of my review sessions for the oral OMFS boards that I’ll be taking in January 2025 - I can get answers and concepts wrong! Please comment, DM me, or text me with any corrections, additions, or your own board prep tips on these topics so we can learn from my mistakes. ***

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Questions & Topics:

(00:20) What are the Wilkes stages of TMJ internal derangement?

(01:30) What’s the key diagnostic tool for disc position in TMJ disorders?

(02:40) What’s the first-line surgical approach for disc displacement with reduction?

(04:10) What’s the most serious complication of open TMJ surgery?

(05:50) What’s the gold standard for diagnosing early TMJ internal derangement before MRI?

(07:05) How do you treat chronic closed lock (disc displacement without reduction)?

(08:20) What’s the role of interposition grafts in preventing Frey’s syndrome?

(09:40) Difference between temporalis fascia flap vs. dermis fat graft in TMJ reconstruction.

(11:05) What’s the biggest risk of using a costochondral graft?

(12:30) What’s the hallmark clinical sign and radiographic finding of TMJ ankylosis?

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- 9.2025

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