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This book provides a comprehensive scientific investigation into every aspect of craniomandibular muscle function in both human and experimental animal studies. Topics discussed cover three broad areas: the anatomical, physiological, and histochemical aspects of these muscles; the special importance of these muscles to resting mandibular posture and mastication; and their role in clinically relevant problems involved with occlusion, craniomandibular disorders, and the growth and development of the cranioskeleton. Over 150 figures and tables are used to illustrate the concepts in these three areas. Methods for studying craniomandibular muscles are examined in depth, and the use of classically defined techniques such as electromyography and newer approaches using magnetic resonance spectroscopy and immunological identification of contractile proteins are discussed. Specialists in oral biology, orthodontics, oral surgery, prosthodontics, and craniomandibular disorders in schools and in private practice should consider this book an indispensable resource for their work and studies. Author Info9rmation ,strong>Arthur J. Miller, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Growth and Development, School of Density and professor in the Department of the Physiology School of Medicine at the Univeristy of California, San Francisco, California. He holds joint appointments in the graduate group of the Oral Biology Advanced Degree Program in the Department of Stomatology and is a member of the Center for Temporomandibular Disorders and Orofacial Pain in the Department of Restorative Density. Dr. Miller was graduated from the Univeristy of California, Los Angeles in 1970, with a doctoral degree in physiology and simultaneously served as a United States Public Health Predoctoral Trainee at the Brain Research Institute. His current research interests include the interrelation of craniomandibular muscle function with cranioskeletal growth and development and the relationship of muscle function to temporomandibular disorders.
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