☆ Condylar translation? ☆

Condylar translation?
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  Answer:

YOUR QUESTION IS VAGUE. BUT CONDYLAR TRASLATION HAS TO DO WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE MANDIBULAR JOINT IE THE CONDYLE IN THE SKULL JOINT CALLED THE GLENOID FOSSA. THIS MOVEMENT IS CALLED TRANSLATION. IT CAN MOVE BACK, FRONT AS WELL AS SIDEWAYS.

REDUCED MOVEMENT CAN BE DUE TO TRAUMA EG FRACTURES, PATHOLOGY SUCH AS TUMOURS OR DUE TO TEMPEROMANDIBULAR DISORDERS.