Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 65, Issue 12 , Pages 2411-2417 , December 2007

Geometry-Based Algorithm for the Prediction of Nonpathologic Mandibular Movement

  • Jeremy J. Lemoine, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Former Graduate Student, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX.
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  • James J. Xia, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Director, Surgical Planning Laboratory, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute; and Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX.
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  • Clark R. Andersen, BS

      Affiliations

    • Computer Programmer, Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX.
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  • Jaime Gateno, DDS, MD

      Affiliations

    • Chairman, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, TX; Professor of Clinical Surgery, Weil Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY; and Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX.
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  • William Buford Jr, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX.
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  • Michael A.K. Liebschner, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Liebschner: Department of Bioengineering-MS142, PO Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251-1892

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 This work was supported partially by a grant from the National Institutes of General Medicine Sciences (Training Grant GM 08362).

PII: S0278-2391(07)00620-9

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2007.05.011

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 65, Issue 12 , Pages 2411-2417 , December 2007

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