Gaylord Throckmorton, Ph.D.

Born August 7, 1946; Kansas City, Kansas

Married, three grown children

1968 BA, Zoology (honors), University of Kansas

1974 PhD, Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago

Undergraduate

University of Kansas Main Camp (1968)

Graduate School

University of Chicago (1974)

• Biomechanics of the jaw
• Electromyography of jaw muscles
• Human anatomy, especially head and neck anatomy
• Kinesiology of mastication
• Ultrasound Imaging of Soft Tissues of Face

Featured Publications

The relationship between surgical changes in dentofacial morphology and changes in maximum bite force.

Throckmorton, G.S. and Ellis, E., III J. Oral Maxillofac. Surg. 2001 59 620-627

Changes in the masticatory cycle following treatment of unilateral posterior crossbite in children.

Throckmorton, G.S., Buschang, P.H., Hayasaki, H., Santos Pinto, A. American Journal Orthod. Dentofac. Orthoped. 2001 120 521-529

Facial symmetry after closed and open treatment of fractures of the madibular condylar process.

Ellis, E., III and Throckmorton, G.S. J. Oral Maxillofac. Surg. 2000 58 719-728

Changes in masticatory patterns after bilateral fractures of the mandibular condyles.

Throckmorton, G.S., Talwar, R.M., and Ellis, E., III J. Oral Maxillofac. Surg. 1999 57 500-508

Masticatory efficiency in children and adolescents with Class I and Class II malocclusions.

Toro, A., Buschang, P.H., Throckmorton, G., Roldan, S. Europ. J. Orthodont 2006 28 112-199

Treatment of mandibular condylar process fractures: Biological considerations

Ellis, E., III and Throckmorton, G.S. J. Oral Maxillofacial Surgery 2005 53 115-134

Reducing within-subject variation in chewing cycle kinematics: A statistical approach.

Wintergerst, A.M., Buschang, P.H., Throckmorton, G.S Archs. Oral Biol December 2004 49 991-1000

Masticatory motion after surgical and non-surgical treatment for unilateral fractures of the mandibular condylar process.

Throckmorton, G.S., Ellis, E., III, Hayasaki, H. J. Oral Maxillofac. Surg 2003 62: 127 127-138

The effects of bolus hardness on masticatory kinematics.

Anderson, K., Throckmorton, G.S., Buschang, P.H., Hayasaki, H. Oral Rehabilitation 2002 29/7 689-696

• B.F. Dewel Memorial Biomedical Research Award
  best grant application to the American Association of Orthodontics Foundation (2002)
• Daniel M. Laskin Award
  most outstanding article published in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surger (2001)

• American Medical Writers Association
• American Society of Biomechanics
• International Association of Dental Research
• Society of Technical Communication
• Texas Faculty Association