Current Projects
Below is a list of current projects where the researchers have provided their consent to post their project details publically. Projects descriptions are specifically described to be understandable by the public. Please contact us if you are interested in specific details of a particular project or if you are interested in collaborating on a specific project. This list is updated periodically.
Dental Appliances for Sleep Apnea
Project Lead: Dr. Enoch Ng
This project focuses on finding ways to predict which patients are good candidates to have their obstructive sleep apnea fully manage with a dental sleep appliance and also on minimizing the side effects (face pain, jaw joint problems, changes to how the teeth bite together) commonly associated with dental sleep appliances.
TMD and Facial Expressions
Project Lead: Dr. Mohamed Mohamed
This project focuses on how chronic jaw and face pain affects muscles used for making different facial expressions and whether changes to specific facial expressions can be used as a way to predict the severity of the jaw joint problem.
Myofunctional Therapy and Throat Changes
Project Lead: Seema Virji
This project focuses on how myofunctional therapy changes how the throat muscles appear and whether the change in appearance can be medically beneficial or used to predict how well specific medical treatments are working for certain medical conditions.