Orofacial Pain Academy Channel
7 lessons
Duration: 4 h 46 min
The dental profession is constantly facing new challenges concerning the different reasons for patients to seek advice. Amongst those, the different causes of orofacial pain are an argument that represents a hot topic in many fields of dental education.
Within these premises, seasonal topics have been identified in:
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● “Orofacial Pain”,
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● “Temporomandibular Disorders”
Who this course is for:
Any oral health specialist who wishes to get a deeper understanding of the many facets of
orofacial pain, in terms of diagnosis and latest treatment strategies.
Orofacial Pain Season
The term orofacial pain (OFP) commonly refers to pain associated with the hard and soft tissues of the head, face, oral cavity, and neck. OFP disorders may include temporomandibular disorders, oromotor and jaw behavior disorders, neuropathic pain disorders, neurovascular and headache disorders. An estimated 30-40% of the population has experienced some form of OFP with the most significant prevalence in the 18- to 25-year- old age group. The pathophysiology of OFPs may be due to disease of the orofacial structures, musculoskeletal system disorders, peripheral or central nervous system disorders, systemic maladies, the manifestation of psychosocial disorders, or possibly the sequela of poor sleep. OFP can be primary in presentation or secondary due to referral from other sources, such as cervical or intracranial structures.
In this season, an exploration of the OFP disorders to include neuropathic orofacial pains, burning mouth syndrome (disorder), and primary headache disorders will be coordinated by Prof. Steven Bender (Texas A&M, USA).
Prof. Bender will begin the season with a presentation of the diagnostic protocols for some
of the more commonly occurring neuropathic orofacial pains based on the new
International Classification of Orofacial Pains (Cephalalgia 2020) as well as evidence
based therapeutic choices.
Temporomandibular Disorders Season
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The term Temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) is an umbrella term referring to musculoskeletal disorders in the orofacial area. It includes musculoskeletal pain in the orofacial region, which is the second most prevalent cause of orofacial pain after dental pathology, and functional disorders of the masticatory system. Patients visiting the dental office with TMDs usually complain about function-dependent pain in the masticatory muscles or the temporomandibular joints (TMJs), noises from the TMJs, and/or limitation in the of the range of motion of the jaw. The (differential) diagnosis of TMD can be challenging especially in chronic orofacial pain patients who may present with a wide spectrum of signs and symptoms. Setting the proper diagnosis and excluding other pathologies can be a challenging task at the dental office but at the same time the only key factor for appropriate and successful management. As other chronic pain disorders, the management of TMD requires an interdisciplinary approach for the best treatment outcome.
By attending the lectures of the season, the attendees will receive an overview of the up-to- date, evidence-based knowledge about both masticatory muscles and TMJs’ disorders with emphasis on epidemiology, (differential) diagnosis, and management.
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1. From general dentistry to orofacial pain specialist50 min
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2. Dentistry and temporomandibular disorders- from gnathology to pain practice42 min
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3. Treatment algorithms in orofacial pain40 min
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4. Triaging the orofacial pain patient48 min
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5. Temporomandibular disorders today37 min
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6. Case discussions28 min
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7. Temporomandibular disorders- clinical cases41 min
Dr. Daniele Manfredini
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Dr. Steven Bender
Clinical Associate Professor in the department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Texas A&M College of Dentistry in Dallas Texas and serves as the director of the Clinical Center for Facial Pain and Sleep Medicine, Texas A&M Health, Dallas, TX. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain and has earned Fellowships in the American Academy of Orofacial Pain, the American Headache Society, the International Academy of Oral Oncology, and the American College of Dentists. Full-time faculty member at Texas A&M College of Dentistry, he is a past president of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain as well as the Fourth District Dental Society of Texas and the Dallas Academy of General Dentistry. In 2019 Dr. Bender was awarded with Faculty Member Induction to Omicron Kappa Upsilon National Dental Honor Society.
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Dr. Daniele Manfredini
Daniele Manfredini received his DDS from the University of Pisa, Italy in 1999, a MSc in Occlusion and Craniomandibular Disorders in 2001 from the same University, a PhD in Dentistry from the ACTA Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in 2011, and a Post-Graduation Specialty in Orthodontics from the University of Ferrara, Italy, in 2017. He achieved the Diplomate Status from the American Academy of Orofacial Pain in 2021. Daniele Manfredini authored more than 210 papers in the field of bruxism, temporomandibular disorders and orofacial pain in journals indexed in the Medline database (Scopus H-index=42), also editing and co-authoring several textbooks on the same topics.
