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Researchers at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) are working toward developing tissue-engineered therapeutics for the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) using patient-centric approaches. Fourth-year Ph.D. candidate
Read MoreAs many readers of TMJ News Bites already know from personal experience, the TMJ field is complicated by having so many diverse concepts of diagnosis,
Read MoreThe following article includes excerpts from a Missouri State University news article about the work of Dr. Paul Durham, who has participated in past TMJA
Read MoreTwo articles in the British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery report: 1) a high number of metal allergies in Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD) patients needing
Read MoreIncreasingly over the past several years patients with temporomandibular total joint implants have been telling us that they have become sensitive to a material, or
Read MoreThe TMJ Association thanks Charles S. Greene, D.D.S., Clinical Professor, Department of Orthodontics, UIC College of Dentistry, Chicago, IL for this research summary. This article
Read MoreIt’s a ringing sound, a buzzing, a hiss…. It can be soft or loud, intermittent or present all the time, affecting one ear or both.
Read MoreBy Joan Wilentz, TMJA Board Member and Science Writer The esophagus is a roughly ten-inch hollow tube that descends from your throat through the diaphragm
Read MoreTMJ patients come in many different varieties. Some experience pain and dysfunction confined only to the jaw and/or the associated chewing muscles. Other TMJ patients
Read MoreI really love science. So much that I was part of an MD/PhD program so that I could be married to science for the rest
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