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Prediction of the articular eminence shape in a patient with unilateral hypoplasia of the right mandibular ramus before and after distraction osteogenesis-A simulation study.

M. de Zee, P. Cattaneo, P. Svensson, T. Pedersen, B. Melsen, J. Rasmussen, M. Dalstra

2009.5.29JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.02.027

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This exhaustive parameter study provides a full overview of average TMJ loading depending on the angles of the articular eminences, indicating that in this patient the article eminence shapes result from minimisation of joint loads.

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ZEE, M. de, et al. Prediction of the articular eminence shape in a patient with unilateral hypoplasia of the right mandibular ramus before and after distraction osteogenesis-a simulation study. JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS, 2009, 42 8: 1049–53.