Seminars in Orthodontics
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 146-156 , June 2008

Orthodontic Treatment, Genetic Factors, and Risk of Temporomandibular Disorder

  • Gary D. Slade

      Affiliations

    • Professor of Oral Epidemiology, Dental School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Gary D. Slade, BDSc, DDPH, PhD, Professor of Oral Epidemiology, Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, Dental School, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia. Phone: +618-8303-3291; Fax: +618-8303-3070
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  • Luda Diatchenko

      Affiliations

    • Research Associate Professor, Center for Neurosensory Disorders, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
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  • Richard Ohrbach

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
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  • William Maixner

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Center for Neurosensory Disorders, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.

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 Supported by: NIH/NIDCR DE07509, NS045685, DE007333, AR/AI-44564, NIH Intramural Grants DE00366 and AA000301, and the Comprehensive Neuroscience Program Grant USUHS G192BR-C4

PII: S1073-8746(08)00011-X

doi: 10.1053/j.sodo.2008.02.005

Seminars in Orthodontics
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 146-156 , June 2008