Jessica Immonen (Dental), Linh Nguyen (Dental) and Jason Ciccotelli (Physical Therapy) published an article titled "Biomechanics of Bruxism Potentially Determine the Sites of Severe TMJ Osteoarthritis" in Biomechanics. They mentored a group of dental students and a dental resident in their work (David Patterson, Samantha Pipkin, Nathan Kent, Alyssa Luu and Jeremy James D.M.D, M.S). This study further emphasized that severe signs of TMJ OA are common in the elderly population and special importance should be placed on screening for temporomandibular disorders to allow clinicians to diagnosis bruxism habits early and initiate conservative therapies prior to mandibular or temporal bone destruction that may require invasive adjustments.
