Tissue Engineering of Temporomandibular Joint Cartilage

K. A. Athanasiou is a Distinguished Professor and the Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of California Davis. He holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering (bioengineering) from Columbia University.A. J. Almarza is an Assistant Professor of Oral Biology and Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh and a faculty of the McGowan Institute of Regenerative Medicine and the Center for Craniofacial Regeneration. He is also the director of the Temporomandibular Joint Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh. He holds a Ph.D. in bioengineering from Rice University and a post-doctoral fellowship at the Musculoskeletal Research Center of the University of Pittsburgh.M.S. Detamore is an Associate Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Kansas, where he is the director of the Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Laboratory. He holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Colorado, and a Ph.D. in bioengineering from Rice University.K. N. Kalpakci is performing his graduate studies at Rice University under the mentorship of Professor Athanasiou. The focus of his research is mechanical characterization and tissue engineering of the temporomandibular joint disc. He holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.

• The Temporomandibular Joint.- Fibrocartilage of the TMJ Disc.- Cartilage of the Mandibular Condyle.- Tissue Engineering of the Disc.- Tissue Engineering of the Mandibular Condyle.- Current Perspectives.