Kitichai Rungcharassaeng, DDS, MS Associate Professor, Orthodontics School of Dentistry Member, Orthdnt&Dentofacial Orthpd, SD, Faculty of Graduate Studies

Research & Grantsmanship 

  Funded Research Project (PI)

• Treatment Effects of the Herbst, MARA, and Orthognathic Mandibular Advancement on the TMJ and Mandible of Patients with Class II Malocclusion:  A Cone Beam Computed Tomography Study ( 5/2008 - 6/2009 ) *Lee, D., Caruso, J., Kim, J., Taylor, G

  Funded Research Project (CI)

• Orthodontic mini-implant failure:  assessing the relationship to bone quality using QCBCT.  PI: J. Caruso ( 4/2008 - 9/2008 )

• Buccal Bone Changes of Maxillary Posterior Teeth Following Rapid Maxillary Expansion (RPE) and the Variables Involved. PI: J.Caruso ( 2/2008 - 9/2008 )

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

• How Precisely can Orthodontic Temporary Anchorage Devices (TADs) be Placed in Plastic Maxillas using Cone Beam CT Generated CAD/CAM Stents when Compared to Standard Periapical Film Orientation? ( 4/2006 - 9/2007 )

• Miniscrew Implants: A Histomorphometric Analysis ( 9/2005 - 9/2006 )

• Factors Affecting Buccal Bone Changes of Maxillary Posterior Teeth after RME ( 9/2005 - 9/2006 )

• Evaluation of Cortical Bone Thickness and Density of the Maxilla and Mandible; Comparison of Facial Types. PI: J. Caruso ( 4/2008 - Present )