The Twenty-eighth Annual Conference on Craniofacial Research will be held on Friday, February 22, 2002. The meeting will be held in the Michigan League Ballroom on the second floor, beginning promptly at 8:25 a.m. and ending at 5:00 p.m. This presymposium conference is open to all interested individuals.

Schedule of Events

Friday, February 22, 2002

• 8:00 a.m. Registration, Michigan League Ballroom
• 8:25 a.m. Introductory remarks: Dr. McNamara, Dr. Johnston
• 8:30 a.m. Dr. James J Sciote, Chair, Department of Orthodontics, University of Pittsburgh, Ptiisburgh, PA. "Muscle imaging and physiology: Do recent findings clarify the relationship between muscle function and craniofacial form?"
• 9:00 a.m. Michael Ignelzi, Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. "Force-induced craniosynostosis."
• 9:30 a.m. Dr. Sarandeep S Huja, Department of Orthodontics, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH. "Microhardness, strain and microdamage surrounding endosseous implants."
• 10:00 a.m. Dr. Christopher Lux, Department of Orthodontics, The University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. ""Changes in craniofacial width dimensions between 7 and 15 years - A longitudinal posteroanterior cephalometric study."
• 10:30 a.m. Break
• 10:45 a.m. Dr. Adriana Da Silveira, Department of Orthodontics and the Craniofacial Center, The University of Illinois at Chicago. "Three-dimensional assessment of morphological changes of the maxillary arch: A comparison of two kinds of palatal expanders."
• 11:15 a.m. Dr. Lorenzo Franchi and Dr. Tiziano Baccetti, Department of Orthodontics, the University of Florence, Italy. "An improved version of the Cervical Vertebral Maturation method as a maturational index for contemporary orthodontics."
• 11:45 a.m. Dr. Burcu Bayirli, Department of Orthodontics, The University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit MI. "Epidemiology of malocclusion in the United States."
• 12:15 p.m. Lunch on your own
• 1:30 p.m. Dr. Stephen Richmond, Chair, Department of Dental Health and Biological Sciences (incorporating Dental Public Health, Orthodontics, Paediatric Dentistry and Matrix Biology and Tissue Repair Research Unit, Biomaterials and Biomechanics, Extracellular Matrix, and Forensic Dentistry), the University of Wales College of Medicine. "Measuring the cost-effectiveness of orthodontic treatment."
• 2:00 p.m. Dr. Marc Ackerman, Private practice of orthodontics, Bryn Mawr PA. ""Digital video as a clinical tool in orthodontics: Dynamic smile analysis and design in diagnosis and treatment planning."
• 2:30 p.m. Dr. Frans van der Linden, Department of Orthodontics, The University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. "The development of the dentition in virtual reality."
• 3:00 p.m. Break
• 3:30 p.m. Dr. Budi Kusnoto, Department of Orthodontics, University of Illinois, Chicago. "Implementing enterprise resource planning in orthodontic practice management: The way to orthodontic e-Practice."
• 4:00 p.m. Dr. David Dean, Department of Orthodontics, Case Western Reserve University, "The construction of a biomechanical model of the cranium as the basis for a treatment simulator."
• 4:30 p.m. Dr. Lars Folke, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Baylor University, Texas A&M Health Science Center, "Computer-based distance dental education."

Saturday-Sunday, February 23-24, 2002

• Moyers Symposium 2002

If you need any further information, please contact Jim McNamara by phone (734-763-3213) or by fax (734-763-8100). Lysle Johnston can be contacted at 734-764-1522.