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TMJ and Muscle Dysfunctions: diagnostic and treatment protocols

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– Musculoskeletal dysfunction: definition

– Classification systems for musculoskeletal dysfunctions:


- RDC-TMD

- DC-TMD

- Extended DC-TMD.


– Masticatory muscles: a model of pain formation

– Causes of muscle dysfunction

– Local muscle soreness: causes

– Myospasm of the masticatory muscles

– Myofascial pain: causes

– Source of pain and localization

– Constant continuous muscle pain

– Fibromyalgia: diagnostics

– TMJ diseases:


- Disorders of the condyle-disc complex

- Inflammatory disorders.


– The role of ligaments in the development of diseases

– Displacement of the articular disc with and without reduction

– Inflammatory disorders: etiology

– Osteoarthritis: manifestations and key points of treatment

– Invasive treatment: indications

– Principles of treatment of TMJ dysfunctions

– Manual therapy

– Multiple "P" approach.


Recommended for: Orthodontists, Prosthetists, Gnathologists, General dentists.

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Orofacial pain specialist, researcher, and educator. Professor, Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Dentistry, New Orleans. Director, LSU Orofacial Pain Continuum — a comprehensive postgraduate continuing education program in orofacial pain for practicing clinicians. Formerly Assistant Professor and Director of the Oral Medicine/Orofacial Pain Clinic, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Dentistry (2005–2011). Prior to academic medicine: 22 years of general dental practice from both public health and private practice perspectives (1980–2002).

 

Author and co-author of 80+ peer-reviewed publications in orofacial pain, temporomandibular disorders, burning mouth syndrome, and headache. Author of 25+ book chapters in leading dental and pain medicine textbooks. Contributor to the Merck/MSD Manual (Professional Edition) on orofacial pain. Co-editor of three landmark reference texts: Orofacial Pain: Guidelines for Assessment, Diagnosis, and Management (AAOP, 7th edition, Quintessence, 2023); Manual of Temporomandibular Disorders (Wiley-Blackwell); and Temporomandibular Disorders: A Translational Approach from Basic Science to Clinical Applicability. Associate editor and editorial reviewer for multiple journals in dentistry and pain medicine.

 

Past President, American Academy of Orofacial Pain (AAOP). Fellow, AAOP.

 

DMD, University of Manitoba, Canada (1980). Certificate in Orofacial Pain, University of Kentucky (2004). Fellowship in Oral Medicine/Oral Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago (2005).

 

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