TODENTJ-25-03-2019_TODENTJ-4-29 1553505138 Bentham Open doi@benthamopen.net Bentham Open The Open Dentistry Journal TODENTJ 1874-2106 4 29 2010 4 1 Shinji Kito Souichi Hirashima Izumi Yoshioka Manabu Habu Masaaki Kodama Shinya Kokuryo Masafumi Oda Tatsurou Tanaka Nao Wakasugi-Sato Shinobu Matsumoto-Takeda Yuji Seta Kazuhiro Tominaga Yasuhiro Morimoto Infectious arthritis of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is rare, and previous reports have identified malocclusion resulting from condylar deformity and displacement of the condyle as one of the clinical characteristics of the disease. Here we report the case of a 33-year-old man with chronic infectious arthritis of the TMJ without malocclusion associated with osteomyelitis of the right mandible. Based on radiological findings of more prominent inflammation at the TMJ than in other regions and on the observed efficacy of antibiotic administration, we made a diagnosis of suppurative arthritis of the TMJ. 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