TMJ Disc Regeneration
Description: Project Narrative Epidemiologically, over 80 million people in the U.S. have symptoms of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders, with roughly 60 million people exhibiting defects in the TMJ disc. Disc defects begin as focal thinning that eventually grows into large perforations, with the number of people suffering from disc perforation estimated at 9 million. This proposal's public health relevance is in its potential to use tissue-engineered implants to address morbidity caused by disc-thinning and perforation defects.
Funding type: research
Funder scheme: R01
Start date: 2004-07-01
End date: 2024-05-31
Investigator: KYRIACOS A ATHANASIOU
Institution: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE
Subfield: Complementary and Manual Therapy
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Funded outputs count: 57
Funder award ID: R01DE015038
OpenAlex ID: G7990940335