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[Indexed for MEDLINE] Conflict of interest statement: Competing interests: A.G. is the president and co-owner of Boston Core Imaging Lab (BICL), LLC., a company that provides image assessment devices to academia and the pharmaceutical industry; has received consulting fees from TissueGene, Novartis, ICM, Paradigm, Formation Bio, 4Moving, Scarcell Therapeutics, Pacira, Coval, Medipost, Levicept and Peptinov; is the co-editor-in-chief of Skeletal Radiology. F.E. is the co-owner and CEO of Chondrometrics GmbH, a company that provides MR image analysis services to academic researchers and to the pharmaceutical industry; has provided consulting services to MerckSerono, Galapagos/Servier, Kolon Tissue Gene, Novartis, Peptinov, Formation Bio, 4 P Pharma, Sanofi and Artialis. D.H. has received publication royalties from Wolters Kluwer. S.N. has received lecture honoraria by Bayer Vital AG. E.H.G.O. has received research support from GE Healthcare. W.W. is in part-time employment with Chondrometrics GmbH and is a co-owner of Chondrometrics GmbH. F.W.R. is the CMO, director of research and shareholder of Boston Imaging Core Lab (BICL), LLC. F.W.R. is editor-in-chief of Osteoarthritis Imaging. G.G., M.J., F.K., X.L., T.M.L., P.O., S.S. and S.T. declare no competing interests. 20. Radiographics. 2024 Oct;44(10):e240025. doi: 10.1148/rg.240025. Unlocking the Temporomandibular Joint: CT, MRI, and Arthroscopic Correlation. Cayón-Somacarrera S(1), Gutiérrez-Rodríguez R(1), Muñoz-Guerra MF(1), Rodríguez-Campo FJ(1), Escorial-Hernández V(1), Ocón-Alonso EM(1). Author information: (1)From the Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Valdecilla (IDIVAL), Santander, Spain (S.C.S.); and Departments of Radiology (R.G.R., E.M.O.A.) and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (M.F.M.G., F.J.R.C., V.E.H.), Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain. The temporomandibular joint constitutes a synovial connection between the mandible and the skull base and plays a pivotal role in functions such as jaw movement, chewing, and verbal and emotional expression. Temporomandibular joint dysfunction is observed in about 30% of the population, with a higher prevalence in young to middle-aged women. Interestingly, a majority of individuals affected do not report pain, and only 5%-10% of symptomatic cases necessitate therapeutic intervention. The most common temporomandibular joint disorder manifests as pain in the masticatory muscles and is referred to as myofascial syndrome. However, articular disorders are also very common, usually due to disk displacement and degenerative or inflammatory arthropathies. Less frequently, the temporomandibular joint may be affected by a range of congenital and acquired conditions such as trauma and neoplasms. Imaging becomes necessary for the small percentage of patients who do not respond to conservative management or when there is uncertainty in the diagnosis. A comprehensive understanding of the normal imaging appearance of the temporomandibular joint as well as the wide range of potential pathologic conditions is essential for conducting an accurate radiologic assessment. Moreover, collaboration among multidisciplinary teams and the correlation of imaging findings with arthroscopic observations are crucial to advancing the diagnosis and treatment of temporomandibular joint dysfunction. ©RSNA, 2024 Supplemental material is available for this article. DOI: 10.1148/rg.240025