Temporomandibular Disorders and Orofacial Pain (TMD/OFP) Mini-Residency Course 2019

Temporomandibular Disorders and Orofacial Pain (TMD/OFP) Mini-Residency Course is organized by UCLA School of Dentistry and will be held from Feb 08 - Jun 15, 2019 at UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, California, United States of America. This CDE Conference has been approved for a maximum of 68 CDE Credits.

Course Description:
The mini-residency will be comprised of lectures on the temporomandibular joint disorders and clinical hands-on experience that will be comprised in examining, diagnosing and treating patients with TMD and orofacial pain disorders. Interest in TM disorders has gone through evolutionary and revolutionary changes. Consensus on the treatment of TMD has been slowly developing but there is still great controversy over appropriate treatment for these problems. This course will provide training commensurate with standards of care that have been developing in the academic communities around the world over the last 3 decades. The UCLA TMD Mini-Residency Program is designed to offer a comprehensive experience for the practicing dentist that will connect the medical and dental aspects of TMD. At the completion of the program, the dentist should be able to diagnose and treat patients who have a temporomandibular joint disorder and be able to recognize other orofacial pain conditions.

Course Objectives:
• Review of orofacial pain including neuropathic pain and headache
• Physical evaluation of patients with TM disorders
• Imaging of the TM joint
• Introduction to dental sleep apnea
• Sleep bruxism and its relations to snoring and sleep apnea
• Myofascial pain and treatment protocol
• Oral appliances
• Medication management of TMD
• Psychology of chronic pain
• Relationship between occlusion and TMD

Session Dates:
Session 1: Feb 08 - 09, 2019
Session 2: Mar 08 - 09, 2019
Session 3: Apr 12 - 13, 2019
Session 4: May 17 - 18, 2019
Session 5: Jun 14 - 15, 2019