AOCMF Seminar - Advances in Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) Disorders and Management (Jul 14 - 15, 2018)

AOCMF Seminar - Advances in Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) Disorders and Management is organized by AO Foundation and will be held from Jul 14 - 15, 2018 at MGM Dental College and Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

The target audience for this medical event is surgeons dealing with TMJ patients who are interested in advanced surgical options of treatment. Participants should have basic knowledge in TMJ-surgery.

The topics of the seminar will be discussed during two days and taught in two main ways. Comprehensive lectures and case discussions will be held both days which will concentrate on the understanding of the core material.

Conference Objectives are :
• Examine TMJ patients effectively
• Indicate appropriate diagnostics
• Select patients for surgery
• Select specific surgical procedures
• Use surgical skills in daily practice

Seminar Program :
Day :1
• Occlusal discrepancies and their effects on the TMJ
• Aetiology & clinical manifestations of internal derangements and role of conservative management
• Case discussion
• TMJ Arthrocentesis- Selection criteria, techniques and outcomes
• TMJ Arthroscopy- Selection criteria, techniques and outcome
• Open joint surgery for ID – Selection criteria techniques and outcome
• Orthognathic surgery and effects on TMJ
• Diagnosis and managing condylar hyperplasia and hemifacial microsomia
• Idiopathic condylar resorption and management
• Combined orthognathic and TMJ surgery procedures
• Case discussion

Day :2
• Condylar trauma – Closed & Open treatment principles
• Paediatric condylar fractures
• Intraoral endoscope assisted treatment of condylar fractures
• Intra-articular fractures of the condyle
• Tumours of the TMJ
• Case discussion
• Current treatment for TMJ Ankylosis in the paediatric population
• Options in management of post ankylosis deformities in adults
• Role of distraction in TMJ deformities
• How to select a reconstruction modality?
• Total joint replacement
• Avoiding complications and managing TJR failures
• Case discussion

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.