About the Author:

S. Thaddeus Connelly is Attending Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at the San Francisco Veteran Affairs Medical Center and Assistant Professor at the University of California San Francisco, where he carries out a mixture of research and operating room procedures. Dr. Connelly gained his DDS from Columbia University, New York, in 2001 and completed his MD at the University of California, San Francisco, in 2004. He obtained board certification from the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 2008 and subsequently completed a PhD at the University of California San Francisco Graduate Division (Cranio-maxillofacial Sciences). He became a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons in 2013. Dr. Connelly's interests include oral and maxillofacial surgery, temporomandibular joint surgery, botulinum toxin, oral squamous cell carcinoma, pain, inducible nitric oxide synthase, and molecular markers of metastasis. He acts as a reviewer for the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and is the author of 25 peer-reviewed publications.

Gianluca M. Tartaglia is Chief of Oral Surgery and Oral Rehabilitation at the SST Dental Clinic, Segrate, Milan and Associate Researcher at the Functional Anatomy Research Center, University of Milan. He is also Consultant Professor on the Post-Graduate Program of Orthodontics at the university's School of Dentistry, having previously been Consultant Professor for the Post-Graduate Program of Oral Surgery and to the undergraduate dental program of Head and Neck Anatomy. He has gained his Associate professor scientific license in dentistry in 2014 He has been successfully diagnosing and treating patients with oral and maxillofacial conditions for more than 20 years and is the clinical coordinator of a multidisciplinary dental care team with full integration of diagnostic and clinical resources. Dr. Tartaglia has an H-index of 31 and has published more than 160 full papers on various topics concerning the functional anatomy of the stomatognathic apparatus and on the clinical applications of instrumental evaluations in dentistry. He serves as reviewer of IF peer-review international dental journal. He is a regular lecturrer at several national and international University seminars and congresses.

Rebeka G. Silva is an Attending Surgeon in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Chief of Dental Services at the San Francisco VA Health Care System, and Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of California San Francisco. She earned her DMD from Fairleigh Dickinson University School of Dentistry, New Jersey, completed an internship at Columbia University, New York, and subsequently undertook a residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. In addition to providing direct patient care in oral and maxillofacial surgery where she focuses on the TMJ surgical reconstruction and nonsurgical treatment of temporomandibular disorders, Dr. Silva is responsible for supervision of oral and maxillofacial surgery residents and has a private practice in San Francisco, California. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and a Fellow of the American College of Dentists (FACD). Dr. Silva is a recipient of the "Hands to Heart Award" from the Department of Veterans Affairs in recognition of exceptional service in direct patient care. Her research interests lie in temporomandibular disorders and virtual surgical planning. She is a reviewer for various peer-reviewed journals in the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery.