THE USE OF ULTRASOUND IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THE MUSCLES OF MASTICATION

Autor(es)

Serra, Marcia Diaz ; Duarte Gaviao, Maria Beatriz ^[1] ; dos Santos Uchoa, Marines Nobre

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Piracicaba Dent Sch, Fac Odontol & Piracicaba, Dept Pediat Dent, BR-13414903 Piracicaba, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo de Revisão
• Fonte: ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY; v. 34, n. 12, p. 1875-1884, DEC 2008.
• Citações Web of Science: 22

Resumo

The aim of this article was to review the literature concerning ultrasonography imaging (US) of the muscles of mastication and to discuss its use, advantages and disadvantages and the findings of the authors. A web search was performed using the terms ``ultrasound{''} and ``muscles{''}. US has been shown to be a reliable method of great utility in the field of diagnosis of alterations in the muscles of mastication and for the study of changes during growth and aging. It should be preferred in comparison to computerized axial tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) because of its safety and cost advantages since it is as reliable and precise as these other techniques. Although various techniques have been used in ultrasonographic scanning, this article discusses those techniques most commonly adopted by the authors. (E-mail: [e-mail]) (C) 2008 World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine \& Biology. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 05/03914-7 - Avaliacao fisiologica e morfologica do sistema mastigatoria em criancas.
• Beneficiário: Marcia Diaz Serra
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado