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Fellowship

TMD / TMJ Orofacial Pain and Dental Sleep Medicine

Course objectives

  • At the end of the course you will have a better understanding on TMJ disorders & Sleep Medicine.
  • To understand the basic principles of diagnosis and differential diagnosis of orofacial pain conditions.
  • To identify common TMJ/TMD issues and to gain in depth knowledge on their management. Know principles of TMJ appliances.
  • Understand the different types of headaches, classification of headaches and identify red flags in headaches.
  • Understand the principles of occlusion and discuss the myths of occlusion
  • Identify the non-dental causes of tooth aches
  • Understand Myofascial pain and referral patterns of pain to teeth and associated structures and management of the same
  • Learn about neuropathic dental pains
  • Discuss the value of such techniques as jaw tracking, jaw vibration, scans etc in an evidence based, literature based manner
  • Gain in depth knowledge about Sleep disorders and learn the diagnosis and management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  • To Treat cases that have been in remission with prosthetic rehabilitation.
  • To recognize when to treat and when not to treat wear and its association with TMD

Course features

  • International credentialed faculty
  • Hands-on Clinical, one-on-one training
  • One year program with four modules consisting of 3 days per module.
  • Includes all materials, work-ups, scans and one-on-one faculty training
  • expected 150 CE Hours (Academy of General Dentistry PACE)