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Volume 66, Issue 3 , Pages 462-468 , March 2008

Modeling of the Effect of Friction in the Temporomandibular Joint on Displacement of Its Disc During Prolonged Clenching

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
Miho Hirose, DDS, PhD
- Graduate Student, Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Developmental Biology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan.
Jan Harm Koolstra, PhD
- Associate Professor, Department of Functional Anatomy, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Theo M.G.J. van Eijden, MD, PhD
- Professor and Chair, Department of Functional Anatomy, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Yasunori Iwabuchi, DDS
- Graduate Student, Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Developmental Biology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan.
Reiji Fujita, MS
- Graduate Student, Department of Systems and Human Science, Osaka University School of Engineering Science, Osaka, Japan.
Masao Tanaka, PhD
- Professor and Division Chair, Division of Mechanical Science, Department of Systems and Human Science, Osaka University School of Engineering Science, Osaka, Japan.
Kazuo Tanne, DDS, PhD
- Professor and Chair, Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Developmental Biology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan.