Mandible

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "Giant" tamarin from the Miocene of Colombia. 
  • A collection of non-human primate computed tomography scans housed in MorphoSource, a repository for 3D data. 
  • A diminutive Pliocene guenon from Kanapoi, West Turkana, Kenya. 
  • A new pitheciin primate from the middle Miocene of Argentina. 
  • A quantitative three-dimensional analysis of coronoid hypertrophy in pediatric craniofacial malformations. 
  • A remarkable cranium of Plesiopithecus teras (Primates, Prosimii) from the Eocene of Egypt. 
  • Adaptive replanning strategies accounting for shrinkage in head and neck IMRT. 
  • Airway interventions in children with Pierre Robin Sequence. 
  • An in vivo strain-gauge analysis of the squamosal-dentary joint reaction force during mastication and incisal biting in Macaca mulatta and Macaca fascicularis. 
  • Are we looking for loads in all the right places? New research directions for studying the masticatory apparatus of New World monkeys. 
  • Australopithecus sediba: a new species of Homo-like australopith from South Africa. 
  • Biomechanics of torsion in the human mandible. 
  • Calcium influx through L-type CaV1.2 Ca2+ channels regulates mandibular development. 
  • Canine sexual dimorphism in Egyptian Eocene anthropoid primates: Catopithecus and Proteopithecus. 
  • Clinical image: mandibular osteolysis secondary to systemic sclerosis. 
  • Convergent evolution of anthropoid-like adaptations in Eocene adapiform primates. 
  • Current role of the radial forearm free flap in mandibular reconstruction. 
  • Dental and occlusal changes during mandibular advancement splint therapy in sleep disordered patients. 
  • Dentofacial deformities--mandibular retrognathia. 
  • Description of two genera and species of late Eocene Anthropoidea from Egypt. 
  • Discovery of the oldest known anthropoidean skull from the paleogene of Egypt. 
  • Distraction osteogenesis [introduction]. 
  • Diversity in the early tertiary anthropoidean radiation in Africa. 
  • EMG of the digastric muscle in gibbon and orangutan: functional consequences of the loss of the anterior digastric in orangutans. 
  • Effect of bone strain on cortical bone structure in macaques (Macaca mulatta). 
  • Effect of the mandible on mouthguard measurements of head kinematics. 
  • Elastic properties and masticatory bone stress in the macaque mandible. 
  • Experimental observation, theoretical models, and biomechanical inference in the study of mandibular form. 
  • Extreme bilateral molar rotation in Monodelphis domestica (Marsupialia: Didelphidae). 
  • Feeding behavior, diet, and the functional consequences of jaw form in orangutans, with implications for the evolution of Pongo. 
  • Finite element analysis on dental implant-supported prostheses without passive fit. 
  • Food material properties and mandibular load resistance abilities in large-bodied hominoids. 
  • Food mechanical properties, feeding ecology, and the mandibular morphology of wild orangutans. 
  • Function of the supraorbital region of primates. 
  • Functional correlates of the position of the axis of rotation of the mandible during chewing in non-human primates. 
  • Functional links between canine height and jaw gape in catarrhines with special reference to early hominins. 
  • Functional significance of an ossified mandibular symphysis: a reply. 
  • In vivo bone strain and finite element modeling of a rhesus macaque mandible during mastication. 
  • In vivo bone strain in the mandible of Galago crassicaudatus. 
  • In-vivo bone strain as an indicator of masticatory bite force in Macaca fascicularis. 
  • Incisal bite force direction in humans and the functional significance of mammalian mandibular translation. 
  • Indications for the AO plate with a myocutaneous flap instead of revascularized tissue transfer for mandibular reconstruction. 
  • Influence of teeth, alveoli, and periodontal ligaments on torsional rigidity in human mandibles. 
  • In vivo bone strain in the mandibular corpus of Sapajus during a range of oral food processing behaviors. 
  • Jaw movement and tooth use in recent and fossil primates. 
  • Jaw movements and patterns of mandibular bone strain during mastication in the monkey Macaca fascicularis. 
  • Jaw muscle function and wishboning of the mandible during mastication in macaques and baboons. 
  • Jaw-muscle architecture and mandibular morphology influence relative maximum jaw gapes in the sexually dimorphic Macaca fascicularis. 
  • Last of the oligopithecids? A dwarf species from the youngest primate-bearing level of the Jebel Qatrani Formation, northern Egypt. 
  • Leontiasis ossea in secondary hyperparathyroidism. 
  • Loading patterns and jaw movements during mastication in Macaca fascicularis: a bone-strain, electromyographic, and cineradiographic analysis. 
  • Long-term follow-up of cutaneous changes in siblings with mandibuloacral dysplasia who were originally considered to have hereditary sclerosing poikiloderma. 
  • Mandibular corpus bone strain in goats and alpacas: implications for understanding the biomechanics of mandibular form in selenodont artiodactyls. 
  • Mandibular corpus strain in primates: further evidence for a functional link between symphyseal fusion and jaw-adductor muscle force. 
  • Mandibular function in Galago crassicaudatus and Macaca fascicularis: an in vivo approach to stress analysis of the mandible. 
  • Mandibular growth and function in Archaeolemur. 
  • Mandibular reconstruction using computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing: an analysis of surgical results. 
  • Mandibular remains support taxonomic validity of Australopithecus sediba. 
  • Masticatory stress, orbital orientation and the evolution of the primate postorbital bar. 
  • Masticatory-stress hypotheses and the supraorbital region of primates. 
  • Maxillo-facial surgical approach: an introduction and review of mandibular advancement. 
  • Medical grade calcium sulfate hemihydrate versus expanded polytetrafluoroethylene in the treatment of mandibular class II furcations. 
  • Modulation of BMP signaling by Noggin is required for the maintenance of palatal epithelial integrity during palatogenesis. 
  • Modulation of mandibular loading and bite force in mammals during mastication. 
  • New adapiform primate of Old World affinities from the Devil's Graveyard Formation of Texas. 
  • New fossils of the oldest North American euprimate Teilhardina brandti (Omomyidae) from the paleocene-eocene thermal maximum. 
  • Nonlever action of the mandible: the return of the hydra. 
  • Nuciruptor rubricae, a new pitheciin seed predator from the Miocene of Colombia. 
  • ON THE MANDIBLE OF RAMAPITHECUS. 
  • Occlusal forces and mandibular bone strain: is the primate jaw "overdesigned"? 
  • Orthognathic surgery--a clinical update. 
  • Osteoradionecrosis and radiation dose to the mandible in patients with oropharyngeal cancer. 
  • Patterns of mandibular variation in Pan and Gorilla and implications for African ape taxonomy. 
  • Preoperative vascular imaging for the fibular osteocutaneous flap. 
  • Resolving feeding difficulties with early airway intervention in Pierre Robin Sequence. 
  • Root surface measurements of mandibular molars using stereophotogrammetry. 
  • Scaling of rotational inertia of primate mandibles. 
  • Scaling of the mandible in squirrels. 
  • Sexual dimorphism in early anthropoids. 
  • Size and shape dimorphism in great ape mandibles and implications for fossil species recognition. 
  • Stress and strain in the mandibular symphysis of primates: a test of competing hypotheses. 
  • Systematics of early and middle Miocene Old World monkeys. 
  • The BMP antagonists Chordin and Noggin have essential but redundant roles in mouse mandibular outgrowth. 
  • The effect of mandibular osteotomy in three patients with hypersomnia sleep apnea. 
  • The functional significance of primate mandibular form. 
  • The human mandible: lever or link? 
  • The instantaneous center of rotation of the mandible in nonhuman primates. 
  • The mechanical or metabolic function of secondary osteonal bone in the monkey Macaca fascicularis. 
  • The relationship between split-line orientation and in vivo bone strain in galago (G crassicaudatus) and macaque (Macaca mulatta and M. fascicularis) mandibles. 
  • The significance of primate paleontology for anthropological studies. 
  • The tongue thrust controversy: background and recommendations. 
  • Transorbital endotracheal intubation: a nonstandard approach to a difficult airway. 
  • Treatment of fibrous dysplasia of the mandible with radical excision and immediate reconstruction: case report. 
  • Treatment planning and biomechanics of distraction osteogenesis from an orthodontic perspective. 
  • Treatment planning and vector analysis of mandibular distraction osteogenesis. 
  • Vascularized rib-periosteal and osteocutaneous reconstruction of the maxilla and mandible: an assessment. 
  • Will submandibular TCD prevent stroke in children with sickle cell anemia? 
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  Keywords of People

  • Allori, Alexander C, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery
  • Roth, V. Louise, Professor of Biology, Evolutionary Anthropology