Table 2

	Disorders	Sign Researched	Main exams indicated
Congenital or developmenta l disorders	Aplasia	no structure	CT, Radiographics Exams
	Hypoplasia	size reduction	CT, Radiographics Exams
	Hyperplasia	dimensional increase	CT, Radiographics Exams
	Dysplasia	structural change	Nuclear Medicine, CT, Radiographics Exams
Acquired disorders	Neoplasm	formation / bone destruction	Nuclear Medicine, CT, MRI
		growth of the soft tissue	Nuclear Medicine, MRI, US
		metastasis	Nuclear Medicine
Disorders disc derangement	displacement
	with reduction	disc recapture	MRI, US
	displacement
	without reduction	no disc recapture	MRI, US
TMJ dislocations (dislocations)		open lock	Clinical Diagnosis, Radiographics Exams, CT
Inflammatory disorders	Synovitis / capsulitis	effusion, inflammation, pain	MRI, US
	Synovitis / capsulitis	effusion, inflammation, pain	MRI, US
	Polyarthritis	Polyarticular cortical remodeling	CT, MRI, Radiographics Exams
Non inflammatory disorders	Primary osteoarthritis	uni / bilateral cortical alteration, remodeling
	Secondaryosteoarthritis		CT, MRI, Radiographics Exams
	Secondaryosteoarthritis
Anchylosis		bone formation, compromised moviment	CT, Radiographics Exams, MRI
Fracture (condyle)		asymmetry, the fracture	CT, Radiographics Exams

Table 2: Indication of imaging exams for the articular TMD diagnosis. CT: Computed Tomography; MRI: Magnetic Resonance Image; US:
Ultrasound