IPSILATERAL AND CONTRALATERAL HUMAN TMJ LOADS COMPARED VIA VALIDATED NUMERICAL MODELS

摘要

How the central nervous system (CNS) organizes the masticatory muscles determines the magnitudes of loads imposed on the temporomandibular joints (TMJs). The objectives were first to validate numerical models in two ways by determining if: 1. A model based on minimization of joint loads (MJL) accurately predicted effective sagittal TMJ eminence morphology; and 2. Models based on MJL or minimization of muscle effort (MME) accurately predicted masseter, temporalis, and lateral pterygoid muscle activities for static unilateral molar biting.