The Effect of Removal of the Disc on the Friction in the Temporomandibular Joint

Tanaka, Eiji; Dalla-Bona, Diego A.; Iwabe, Tatsunori; Kawai, Nobuhiko; Yamano, Eizo; van Eijden, Theo; Tanaka, Masao; Miyauchi, Mutsumi; Takata, Takashi; Tanne, Kazuo

doi:10.1016/j.joms.2006.04.017

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Volume 64, Issue 8 , Pages 1221-1224, August 2006

The Effect of Removal of the Disc on the Friction in the Temporomandibular Joint

Eiji Tanaka, DDS, PhD
- Associate Professor, Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Developmental Biology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan.
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Tanaka: Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Developmental Biology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8553, Japan
Diego A. Dalla-Bona, DDS
- Graduate Student, Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Developmental Biology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan.
Tatsunori Iwabe, DDS, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Department of Orthodontics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
Nobuhiko Kawai, DDS
- Graduate Student, Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Developmental Biology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan.
Eizo Yamano, DDS
- Graduate Student, Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Developmental Biology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan.
Theo van Eijden, MD, PhD
- Professor and Chair, Department of Functional Anatomy, ACTA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Masao Tanaka, PhD
- Professor and Chair, Division of Mechanical Science, Department of Systems and Human Science, Osaka University School of Engineering Science, Osaka, Japan.
Mutsumi Miyauchi, DDS, PhD
- Associate Professor, Department of Oral Maxillofacial Pathobiology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan.
Takashi Takata, DDS, PhD
- Professor and Chair, Department of Oral Maxillofacial Pathobiology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan.
Kazuo Tanne, DDS, PhD
- Professor and Chair, Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Developmental Biology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan.