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


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Normal Science

Introduction

Hemimasticatory spasm

Bruxism

Occlusion and Posture

Orofacial Pain

Are we sure to know everything?

Conclusion of the ‘Normal Science’ section

Crisis of Paradigm

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
  • Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation
    • Free way space before stimulation
    • Free way space after stimulation
    • Closing trajectory from TENS

Beyond the RDC

Conclusions to the Paradigm crisis chapter


Extraordinary science

Connectivity

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

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

Statistics

  • Deterministic Diagnostic Models
    • Definition
    • 2nd Clinical Case according to RDC
    • Limitations: Failure to detect latent neurological impairments.
  • Indeterministic Diagnostic Model
    • Definition
    • 2nd Clinical Case according to a trigeminal electrophysiological model
    • Relevance of temporal evolution.
  • Commutative vs Non-Commutative Variables
    • Commutative variables
    • Non-Commutative variables
    • Impact of the temporal order of tests
  • Bayes' Theorem
    • Definition
    • Role in the deterministic model
    • Role in the indeterministic model
    • Bayes' Theorem and non-commutative variables

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 and clinical cases

  • 8th Orthodontic Clinical Case
  • 9th TMDs Clinical Case
  • 10th Implant-Prosthetic Clinical Case
  • 11th Prosthetic Clinical Case