The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a meshwork of both structural and functional proteins
assembled in unique tissue-specific architectures. The ECM both provides the mechanical …

Epidemiology reports state temporomandibular joint disorders (TMD) affect up to 25% of the
population, yet their etiology and progression are poorly understood. As a result, treatment …

Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders have complex and sometimes controversial
etiologies. Also, under similar circumstances, one person's TMJ may appear to deteriorate …

Treatments for temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disc thinning and perforation, conditions
prevalent in TMJ pathologies, are palliative but not reparative. To address this, scaffold-free …

Background Hydrostatic pressure (HP) is a significant factor in the function of many tissues,
including cartilage, knee meniscus, temporomandibular joint disc, intervertebral disc, bone …

Food and nutrition are a key to have good health. They are important for everyone to
maintain a healthy diet especially for diabetic patients who have several limitations. Nutrition …

The knee meniscus was once thought to be a vestigial tissue, but is now known to be
instrumental in imparting stability, shock absorption, load transmission, and stress …

Biomechanics contains a wide variety of research fields related to biology and mechanics.
Actually, to better study or develop a tissue-engineered system, it is now widely recognized …

Although tissue engineering of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) structures is in its infancy,
tissue engineering provides the revolutionary possibility for treatment of temporomandibular …

PURPOSE: A device composed of extracellular matrix (ECM) was investigated as an
inductive template in vivo for reconstruction of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disk after …