The present cross-sectional case-control study aimed to determine if there is an association between specific oral behaviors, sleep bruxism (SB), awake bruxism (AB), and painful temporomandibular ...

The apoptosis is the programmed cell death, a distinct process compared to cellular necrosis, which plays an important role in both human embryonic development and adult tissue homeostasis. Apoptosis ...

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) has received a $6 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to conduct a preclinical trial for an engineered neocartilage implant ...

The occasional headache or pain in the neck may seem like a typical part of everyday life. Then one day during lunch maybe you notice a clicking sound whenever you chew or you can’t seem to open your ...

Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) is largely associated with age- or noise-related hearing loss. Mounting evidence has found that, in a smaller number of cases, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders ...

Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada Background: There is conflicting evidence regarding ...

Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder surgery can reduce pain and improve jaw functioning. However, doctors use this treatment as a last resort because there is a lack of research on its safety and ...

TMJ disorders can occur after an injury, natural wear to the joint over time, or an uneven bite. Anxiety disorders and stress can also result in a temporomandibular joint disorder through increased, ...

ABSTRACT: In recent years,many efforts have been devoted to image segmentation. Although for a man general image segmentation is considered an easy task, for computers it is still considered to be ...