Table 2.

Summary of the general characteristics of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) patients analyzed.

Characteristics of JIA Group
Sex	10 men and 15 women
Age	Mean age 8.6 ± 1.8
Follow up time	6 ± 3 months
JIA Subtypes	15 cases oligoarticular JIA, 10 polyarticular JIA
Severity of TMJ inflammation	All patients were in Age Grade 3 (Cahill grading system)
Disease onset	Mean age of 6.8 ± 1.1 years
TMJ involvement at baseline	Negative according to DC-TMD IIIA. All of them were in a quiescent phase of the disease