Barry Glassman

Retired private practitioner and senior consultant in orofacial pain, TMJ dysfunction, and dental sleep medicine. Based in the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, USA. Currently serving as a Consultant to the Allentown Pain and Sleep Center (Allentown, PA), where he helps maintain the integrated interdisciplinary clinical model for craniofacial pain and sleep disorders that he established over a 30-year solo practice. Former clinical instructor in Craniofacial Pain and Sleep Disorders, Lehigh Valley Hospital General Dentistry Residency Program.

Thirty-plus years of private practice limited entirely to chronic craniofacial pain management, temporomandibular dysfunction, and dental sleep medicine. Strong advocate for an evidence-based, conservative, reversible approach to orofacial pain management — moving away from occlusal adjustment paradigms toward neuromuscular and behavioral medicine models. Developer of the Anterior Midpoint Stop Appliance (AMSA) and contributor to the clinical evidence base for conservative TMD and bruxism management. National and international lecturer.

Diplomate, American Board of Craniofacial Pain. Diplomate, American Academy of Pain Management. Diplomate, American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine. Fellow, International College of Craniomandibular Orthopedics (ICCMO). Fellow, Academy of Dentistry International (ADI).