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Dr. Laura Iwasaki is an Associate Professor and the Leo A. Rogers Chair of the Division of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Graduate Studies, with a joint appointment in the Department of Oral Biology. She is engaged in research in the areas of biomechanics of the human craniomandibular complex with special interests in the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), the muscles of mastication, and the movement of teeth. Her responsibilities include clinical and didactic teaching in the advanced education program in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics and research supervision in the graduate programs in Oral Biology. Dr. Iwasaki is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics (2002) and has been involved in the clinical practice of orthodontics for several decades. Before joining UMKC, she was a full-time faculty at the College of Dentistry, University of Nebraska Medical Center (1996 - 2006) and before that, at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Manitoba (1992 -1996).
To pursue her research interests, Dr. Iwasaki collaborates with a number of colleagues at different institutions, including UMKC, University of Nebraska, University at Buffalo, University of Zurich in Switzerland, and Osaka Dental University in Japan.
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