Gaylord Throckmorton, PhD

Professor Emeritus
Cell Biology
Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-648-2570
Office Fax: 214-648-8694

gaylord.throckmorton@utsouthwestern.edu

Biography

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

Education

Graduate SchoolUniversity of Chicago (1974)
UndergraduateUniversity of Kansas Main Campus (1968)

Research Interests

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

Publications

Featured
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

Featured
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

Featured
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

Featured
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

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 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

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

Honors/Awards

B.F. Dewel Memorial Biomedical Research Award

best grant application to the American Association of Orthodontics Foundatio (2002)

Daniel M. Laskin Award

most outstanding article published in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surger (2001)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Medical Writers Association

American Society of Biomechanics

International Association of Dental Research

Society of Technical Communication

Texas Faculy Association