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‘The progress of Science is essentially an anarchic process’
Paul Karl Feyerabend


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Normal Science

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Introduction

Hemimasticatory spasm

Bruxism

Occlusion and Posture

Orofacial Pain

Are we sure to know everything?

Conclusion of the ‘Normal Science’ section

Crisis of Paradigm

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Research Diagnostic Criteria (RDC)

  • Jaw movements analysis:Pantographic Replicator
    • Intercondylar Distance
    • Advantage and Limit of Pantography
  • Jaw movements analysis:Axiographic Replicator
    • Interfacial Distance
    • Advantage and Limit of Axiography
  • Electromyography (EMG)
    • EMG  Interferential pattern
    • EMG at rest position
    • Quantitative Analysis of EMG
    • Fourier transform
    • Wavelett

Beyond the RDC

Conclusions to the Paradigm crisis section


Extraordinary science

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Connectivity

  • Defining the Fundamental Unit
  • Separating Structural Connectivity and Functional Connectivity
  • Understanding emergent behaviour
  • Measuring connectivity

Introduction to trigeminal electrophysiology

  • General Context
  • Electrical Stimulation
  • Recording Electrical Activity
  • Electrodes for Stimulation and Recording
  • Analysis Software
  • Synchronization and Latency
  • Optional Modules

Trigeminal Structural Connectivity (SC)

  • Trigeminal Root Motor Evoked Potentials (R-MEPS)
    • Description
    • Characteristics

Trigeminal Functional Connectivity (FC)

  • Jaw jerk
  • Masseter tendon silent period
  • Masseter electrical silent period
  • Recovery cycle of the masseter inhibitory reflex
  • H-wave

Index

  • Model description
    • Role of trigeminal motor evoked potentials (R-MEPS) in evaluating SC
    • Role of trigeminal reflexes in evaluating FC
    • Separation between Structural Connectivity (SC) and Functional Connectivity (FC)
    • Emergent Behaviour
  • Quantum Modelling of the Index
    • Quantum Bayes Theorem (QBayes)
    • Differences from the classical approach
  • Expectation Value and model description
    • Mathematical Formalism of QBayes
    • Cosine of as a measure of the overlap between concomitant pathologies

Indices in the masticatory rehabilitation

  • Orthodontic field
  • Orofacial.pain
  • Implant-Prosthetics field
  • Prosthetic field