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Areas of Research and Professional Interest

• Development of maxillofacial prosthetic materials
• Cartilage and bone tissue engineering
• FEM applications to adhesives, hard and soft tissues
• TMJ disc mechanics

Selected Publications

• Wee, AG, Beatty, MW, Gozalo-Diaz, DJ, Kim-Pusateri, S., Marx, DB. Proposed Shade Guide for Human Facial Skin and Lip: A Pilot Study. J Prosthet Dent 110: 82-89, 2013
• Yuya, PA, Amborn, EK, Beatty, MW and Turner, JA. Evaluating anisotropic properties in the porcine temporomandibular joint disc using nanoindentation.  Annals of biomedical Engineering, 38:2428-2437, 2010.
• Nickel, JC, Iwasaki, LR, Beatty MW, Marx, DB.  Tractional forces on procine temporomandibular joint discs. PMID:20195763 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE].
• Al-Salleeh F, Beatty MW, Reinhardt RA, Petro TM, Crouch L. Human osteogenic protein-1 induces osteogenic differentiation of adipose-derived stem cells harvested from mice. Arch Oral Biol. 2008 Jul 5
• Lee Y, Schmid MJ, Marx DB, Beatty MW, Cullen DM, Collins ME, Reinhardt RA. The effect of local simvastatin delivery strategies on mandibular bone formation in vivo. Biomaterials 2008 Apr;29(12):1940-9
• Beatty MW, Hohl RH, Nickel JC, Iwasaki LR, Mode I and Mode III fractures in intermediate zone of full-thickness porcine temporomandibular joint discs. Ann Biomed Eng 2008 May;36(5):801-12
• Koombua K, Pidaparti RM, Beatty MW. Fracture toughness estimation for the TMJ disc.J Biomed Mater Res A 2006 Dec 1;79(3):566-73.
• Beatty MW, Nickel JC, Iwasaki LR, Leiker M. Mechanical response of the porcine temporomandibular joint disc to an impact event and repeated tensile loading.J Orofac Pain 2003 Spring;17(2):160-6.
• Beatty MW, Ojha AK, Cook JL, Alberts LR, Mahanna GK, Iwasaki LR, Nickel JC. Small intestinal submucosa versus salt-extracted polyglycolic acid-poly-L-lactic acid: a comparison of neocartilage formed in two scaffold materials. Tissue Eng 2002 Dec;8(6):955-68.
• Iwasaki LR, Beatty MW, Randall CJ, Nickel JC. Clinical ligation forces and intraoral friction during sliding on a stainless steel archwire. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2003 Apr;123(4):408-15.
• Beatty MW, Bruno MJ, Iwasaki LR, Nickel JC. Strain rate dependent orthotropic properties of pristine and impulsively loaded porcine temporomandibular joint disk.J Biomed Mater Res. 2001 Oct;57(1):25-34.