James Farrage, DDS Associate Professor, Orthodontics School of Dentistry Member, Orthdnt&Dentofacial Orthpd, SD, Faculty of Graduate Studies

Research & Grantsmanship 

  Funded Research Project (PI)

• Oral Muscular Dysfunction (OMD): Surface Electromyographic Studies on Swallowing Children, the Establishment of Normative and Reference Data ( 1/2007 - 9/2008 )

  Funded Research Project (CI)

• Evaluation of Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) Measurements of the Airway and Craniofacial Structures in Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) Patients and their Correlation with Facial Muscle Activity and Orthodontic Intervention to Prevent the Onset of Decrease of the Severity of OSA. Co-PI: J.Caruso, R.Downey III ( 11/2008 - 9/2009 )

• Cephalometric Analysis using Magnetic Resonance Imaging.  PI: L.Leggitt ( 9/2007 - 9/2008 )

• Evaluation of Skeletal Effects to the Maxillary & Nasal Apparatus after Rapid Maxillary Expansion using Computed Tomography ( 9/2006 - 9/2007 )

• Influence of Common Orthodontic Appliances on Magnetic Resonance Imaging ( 9/2005 - 9/2006 )

• Variability in selecting lateral cephalometric landmarks in two CBCT image modes ( 9/2005 - 9/2006 )

• Magnification in images produced by five popular digital lateral cephalometric machines ( 6/2004 - 9/2005 )

• Ricketts and Steiner analysis using NewTom 3G Scout images ( 6/2004 - 9/2005 )

• Accuracy of the NewTom 3G in measuring the angle of the articular eminence ( 6/2004 - 9/2005 )

• Prevalence of Degenerative Joint Disease in a Pre-Orthodontic Adolescent Sample ( 6/2003 - 9/2004 )