1. Development of a National TMJ Implant Registry and Repository-- NIDCR's TIRR.
- Author
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Myers S, Kaimal S, Springsteen J, Ferreira J, Ko CC, and Fricton J
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- Databases as Topic, Dental Research, Device Removal, Equipment Safety, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Minnesota, Pilot Projects, Prosthesis Failure, Schools, Dental, Temporomandibular Joint Disorders surgery, Treatment Outcome, United States, Joint Prosthesis, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (U.S.), Registries, Temporomandibular Joint surgery
- Abstract
Purpose: To provide a national systematic program to collect removed TMJ implants and biological tissues, make them available to researchers, and study them in conjunction with long-term clinical follow-up, with the ultimate goal of stimulating research toward understanding the safety and outcomes of TMJ implants., Process: Two synchronized divisions: The Registry, recruiting clinicians and/or surgeons and patients, and collecting comprehensive clinical patient data over time; the Repository, procuring and archiving high quality, well characterized biological specimens and retrieved implants for dissemination., Participation: Clinicians, surgeons, patients, researchers, pilot studies., Progress: October 2002-present: Recruited 34 TMJ surgeons, 34 TMJ clinicians; registered 723 surgical/non-surgical TMJD patients and control subjects; collected 542 specimens, blood, saliva; initiated 19 projects using TIRR resources; produced 60 publications and presentations nationally and internationally; sent ten grants into review, with more being developed., Prospects/projections: Continuing collection of long-term data for the development of new and improved implant designs and materials and investigation into understanding pathological mechanisms of TMJD.
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- 2007