Functional Morphology of oral hard tissue. I am specifically interested in how tooth and alveolar bone architecture affects the distribution of stress and strain within the masticatory system.
ORALB 561 - Oral Tissue Development, Structure, and Function
ORALB 510 - Development, Structure and Function of Oral Tissues Website
Publications
Popowics, T., and Herring, S.W.: Load transmission in the nasofrontal sulture of the pig, Sus scrofa. J. Biomech. 40(4): 837-44, 2007.
Fong, H.K., Foster, B.L., Popowics, T.E. and Somerman, M.J.: The crowning achievement: Getting to the root of the problem. J. Dent. Educ. 69:555-570, 2005.
Popowics, T.E., Rensberger, J.M. and S.W. Herring. 2004. Enamel microstructure and microstrain in the fracture of human and pig molar cusps. Arch. Oral Biol. 49: 595-605.