Seq #190 Saturday, 15 March 2003

9:00 AM-11:00 AM Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center Room 214A, Oral
Biomechanical Effects on Craniofacial Growth and Structure
* Poster files available online
Chairpersons: J.L. BORKE and E.-K. PAE
 
1505  9:00 AM Mechanical Environment and Suture Complexity
J.L. BORKE1, G. ZHANG2, J.C. YU1, and C.M. ISALES1, 1 Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, USA, 2 University of Georgia, Athens, USA
1506  9:15 AM Sutural Growth Modulated by Shear Stresses Resulting from Off-axis Compressive Forces
A. PEPTAN1, A. LOPEZ2, S. HAN3, T. RODRIGUEZ1, and J.J. MAO3, 1 University of Illinois, Chicago, USA, 2 UIC, chicago, IL, USA, 3 University of Illinois at Chicago, chicago, USA
1507  9:30 AM Ex vivo Modulation of Chondral Growth by Microcompressive Stresses
H. OTHMAN, and J.J. MAO, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
1508  9:45 AM Stretch-induced Activation of Anti-apoptotic and Proliferative Signal Transduction Pathways in Human Gingival Fibroblasts
T.E. DANCIU1, E. GAGARI2, P.D. DAMOULIS2, and M.R. FREEMAN1, 1 Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA, 2 Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
1509  10:00 AM Contrasts in Off-axis Ultrasonic Velocity Measurements in Cortical Bone from Human Crania and Femur
D.H. CHUNG, and P.C. DECHOW, Baylor College of Dentistry, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Dallas, USA
1510  10:15 AM Three-dimensional Finite Element Analysis of Stress Distribution in Maxillary Central Incisors with Abnormal Root Shapes
S.R. OLSBURGH, A.M. SHAW, G.T. SAMESHIMA, and H. VU, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
1511  10:30 AM Proportion of Myosin Heavy-chain Isoforms in Masticatory Muscles is Altered When Muscles are Stretched
S. LEE1, F. URIBE2, K.-H. SHIN1, and E.-K. PAE1, 1 UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2 University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, USA
1512  10:45 AM Tissue Engineering of Skeletal Muscle: Phase 2-- Characterization
W. YAN1, U. FOTADAR1, M. YOST2, R. PRICE2, J. CARRION1, and L. TERRACIO1, 1 New York University, USA, 2 University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA

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