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Article Category: Research Article
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Online Publication Date: 01 Jan 1982

Condylar Adaptation to Muscle Alteration in the Rat

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Page Range: 26 – 37
DOI: 10.1043/0003-3219(1982)052<0026:CATMAI>2.0.CO;2
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Abstract

Unilateral surgery is used to alter the functional forces of the lateral pterygoid muscle of the rat. Early changes in condyle structure and form gradually disappear as adaptation to the new functional environment is consummated in this animal model.

Copyright: Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists

Contributor Notes

Dr. Ghafari is an Assistant Professor of Orthodontics in the Department of Orthodontics/Pedodontics at the School of Dental Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. He holds a certificate in orthodontics from Harvard-Forsyth in Boston

Dr. Heeley is Acting Chairman of the Department of Histology and Histochemistry at the Fmsyth Dental Center in Boston

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