Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
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

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Developmental Biology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress 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
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  • Diego A. Dalla-Bona, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Student, Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Developmental Biology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan.
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  • Tatsunori Iwabe, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Orthodontics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
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  • Nobuhiko Kawai, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Student, Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Developmental Biology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan.
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  • Eizo Yamano, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Student, Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Developmental Biology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan.
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  • Theo van Eijden, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor and Chair, Department of Functional Anatomy, ACTA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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  • Masao Tanaka, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor and Chair, Division of Mechanical Science, Department of Systems and Human Science, Osaka University School of Engineering Science, Osaka, Japan.
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  • Mutsumi Miyauchi, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Oral Maxillofacial Pathobiology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan.
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  • Takashi Takata, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor and Chair, Department of Oral Maxillofacial Pathobiology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan.
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  • Kazuo Tanne, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor and Chair, Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Developmental Biology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan.

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PII: S0278-2391(06)00566-0

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2006.04.017

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 64, Issue 8 , Pages 1221-1224 , August 2006

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