doi:10.1080/10255842.2020.1755275engOrtún-Terrazas, J.Cegoñino, J.Illipronti-Filho, E.Pérez del Palomar, A.Analysis of temporomandibular joint dysfunction in paediatric patients with unilateral crossbite using automatically generated finite element modelsART-2020-118255The evaluation of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction using finite element models is a time consuming process that requires extensive technical knowledge. We combined a statistical active appearance model with automated modelling algorithms to biomechanically study the relationship between TMJ malformations and dysfunction in radiographs from 20 paediatric patients with unilateral crossbite. A fitting algorithm (fitting error < 4%) recognised the TMJ shape and adjusted the dimensions of each patient-specific 2D FE model, which was then used to compute 2 different joint movements. Significant functional differences were observed between the crossbite and non-cross bite sides, and the shape-function relation was verified.2020http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/8980410.1080/10255842.2020.1755275http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/89804oai:zaguan.unizar.es:89804info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FSE/2016-20info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/DPI2016-79302-RComputer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 23, 10 (2020), 627-641byhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess