Evidence-Based Treatment of TMJ Dysfunction
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Dr. Jeffrey P. Okeson, Dr. Ambra Michelotti, Dr. Gary D. Klasser, Dr. Ulrich Lotzmann, Dr. Lawrence Gottesman
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Course program
Evidence-Based Treatment of TMJ Dysfunction
8 online lessons
The course introduces evidence-based methods of diagnosing and treatment of TMD, muscle and craniomandibular dysfunctions.
Lecturers will discuss in detail:
– Principles and methods for diagnosing TMD
– Differential diagnosis of muscle and joint pain
– An interdisciplinary approach to the management of TMJ disorders
– Relationship between the bruxism and TMD.
Course Objectives:
– Review risk factors for temporomandibular disorders
– Review TMD diagnosis and differential diagnosis protocols in an evidence-based approach
– Review TMD and orofacial pain treatment protocols
– Review relationship between general somatic pathology and TMJ diseases
– Review relationship between the bruxism and TMD.
8 online lessons
The course introduces evidence-based methods of diagnosing and treatment of TMD, muscle and craniomandibular dysfunctions.
Lecturers will discuss in detail:
– Principles and methods for diagnosing TMD
– Differential diagnosis of muscle and joint pain
– An interdisciplinary approach to the management of TMJ disorders
– Relationship between the bruxism and TMD.
Course Objectives:
– Review risk factors for temporomandibular disorders
– Review TMD diagnosis and differential diagnosis protocols in an evidence-based approach
– Review TMD and orofacial pain treatment protocols
– Review relationship between general somatic pathology and TMJ diseases
– Review relationship between the bruxism and TMD.
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1. Intro to TMD and Orofacial Pain Treatment58 min
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2. Temporomandibular Disorders: Clinical Examination and Differential Diagnosis1 h 49 min
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3. TMJ and Muscle Dysfunctions: Diagnostic and Treatment Protocols1 h 51 min
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4. TMD Diagnosis in an Evidence-Based Approach1 h 55 min
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5. Potential Treatments for TMD2 h 3 min
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6. General Somatic Pathology and Diseases of the TMJ: An Integrated Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment1 h 43 min
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7. Functional Diagnostics. Norm and Pathology2 h 52 min
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8. Pre-Treatment with Occlusal Splints1 h 2 min
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Intro to TMD and Orofacial Pain Treatment
Here you can watch a five-minute fragment of the lesson
By Jeffrey P. Okeson
Lesson program:
– The problem of musculoskeletal dysfunction: definition
– Diagnostic difficulties of musculoskeletal dysfunction
– Differential diagnosis of muscle and joint pain
– Classification of temporomandibular disorders
– Classification of orofacial pain
– Pain in the mandible as a sign of myocardial infarction
– Principles of effective treatment
– The concept of convergence and divergence
– Pain zone or pain source: differentiation rules
– Trigger zones
– Causes of musculoskeletal dysfunction:
- Relationship between occlusion and musculoskeletal dysfunction
- Trauma
- Emotional stress
- Parafunctions
- Deeply localized pain.
– Etiology of muscle pain
– Bruxism and muscle pain: correlation
– Delayed muscle soreness syndrome
– Intra-articular pain: types and etiology
– Principles of treatment of TMJ diseases.
Recommended for: Orthodontists, Prosthetists, Gnathologists, General dentists.
Duration: 58 min
Lesson program:
– The problem of musculoskeletal dysfunction: definition
– Diagnostic difficulties of musculoskeletal dysfunction
– Differential diagnosis of muscle and joint pain
– Classification of temporomandibular disorders
– Classification of orofacial pain
– Pain in the mandible as a sign of myocardial infarction
– Principles of effective treatment
– The concept of convergence and divergence
– Pain zone or pain source: differentiation rules
– Trigger zones
– Causes of musculoskeletal dysfunction:
- Relationship between occlusion and musculoskeletal dysfunction
- Trauma
- Emotional stress
- Parafunctions
- Deeply localized pain.
– Etiology of muscle pain
– Bruxism and muscle pain: correlation
– Delayed muscle soreness syndrome
– Intra-articular pain: types and etiology
– Principles of treatment of TMJ diseases.
Recommended for: Orthodontists, Prosthetists, Gnathologists, General dentists.
Duration: 58 min
Temporomandibular Disorders: Clinical Examination and Differential Diagnosis
Here you can watch a five-minute fragment of the lesson
By Gary D. Klasser
Lesson program:
– What is pain?
– Biopsychosocial model: components
– Neuromatrix theory
– Classification of orofacial pain
– Musculoskeletal dysfunction: definition
– Epidemiology of musculoskeletal pain
– Etiology of musculoskeletal disorders
– Rules for choosing treatment tactics
– Factors of development of musculoskeletal dysfunction:
- Predisposing factors
- Initiators
- Aggravating factors.
– The concept of primary and heterotopic pain
– Anamnesis collection and examination: LOQFDIV-survey
– Clinical examination:
- Otoscopy
- Range of motion in the cervical spine
- Palpation of muscles and joints
- Palpation of the lymph nodes
- Provocative tests
- Movement of the lower jaw
- Intraoral examination
- X-ray diagnostics
- Serological examination
- Local anaesthesia.
Recommended for: Orthodontists, Prosthetists, Gnathologists, General dentists.
Duration: 1 h 49 min
Lesson program:
– What is pain?
– Biopsychosocial model: components
– Neuromatrix theory
– Classification of orofacial pain
– Musculoskeletal dysfunction: definition
– Epidemiology of musculoskeletal pain
– Etiology of musculoskeletal disorders
– Rules for choosing treatment tactics
– Factors of development of musculoskeletal dysfunction:
- Predisposing factors
- Initiators
- Aggravating factors.
– The concept of primary and heterotopic pain
– Anamnesis collection and examination: LOQFDIV-survey
– Clinical examination:
- Otoscopy
- Range of motion in the cervical spine
- Palpation of muscles and joints
- Palpation of the lymph nodes
- Provocative tests
- Movement of the lower jaw
- Intraoral examination
- X-ray diagnostics
- Serological examination
- Local anaesthesia.
Recommended for: Orthodontists, Prosthetists, Gnathologists, General dentists.
Duration: 1 h 49 min
TMJ and Muscle Dysfunctions: Diagnostic and Treatment Protocols
Here you can watch a five-minute fragment of the lesson
By Gary D. Klasser
Lesson program:
– 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.
Duration: 1 h 51 min
Lesson program:
– 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.
Duration: 1 h 51 min
TMD Diagnosis in an Evidence-Based Approach
Here you can watch a five-minute fragment of the lesson
By Ambra Michelotti
Lesson program:
– Classification of orofacial pain
– Determination of temporomandibular disorders
– Diagnostic groups of temporomandibular disorders
– Risk factors for temporomandibular disorders:
- Macrotrauma: types and correlation with musculoskeletal disorders
- Pathophysiological factors
- Psychoemotional factors
- Anatomical factors.
– Occlusion and temporomandibular disorders: relationship
– Classification of temporomandibular disorders
– Bio-psycho-social model
– Diagnostic criteria:
- Anamnesis
- Localization
- Modified function
- Familiar pain
- Radiating pain.
– Musculoskeletal pain:
- Myalgia
- Myofascial pain
- Arthralgia.
– Palpation of muscles and TMJ
– TMJ dysfunction: types and characteristics
– Clinical examination: standardized method
– Diagnostic procedures:
- Patient intake
- Clinical examination
- Diagnostic tests
- Making a diagnosis.
– Characteristics of pain
– SMILES approach
– MRI for TMJ dysfunctions.
Recommended for: Orthodontists, Prosthetists, Gnathologists, General dentists.
Duration: 1 h 55 min
Lesson program:
– Classification of orofacial pain
– Determination of temporomandibular disorders
– Diagnostic groups of temporomandibular disorders
– Risk factors for temporomandibular disorders:
- Macrotrauma: types and correlation with musculoskeletal disorders
- Pathophysiological factors
- Psychoemotional factors
- Anatomical factors.
– Occlusion and temporomandibular disorders: relationship
– Classification of temporomandibular disorders
– Bio-psycho-social model
– Diagnostic criteria:
- Anamnesis
- Localization
- Modified function
- Familiar pain
- Radiating pain.
– Musculoskeletal pain:
- Myalgia
- Myofascial pain
- Arthralgia.
– Palpation of muscles and TMJ
– TMJ dysfunction: types and characteristics
– Clinical examination: standardized method
– Diagnostic procedures:
- Patient intake
- Clinical examination
- Diagnostic tests
- Making a diagnosis.
– Characteristics of pain
– SMILES approach
– MRI for TMJ dysfunctions.
Recommended for: Orthodontists, Prosthetists, Gnathologists, General dentists.
Duration: 1 h 55 min
Potential Treatments for TMD
Here you can watch a five-minute fragment of the lesson
By Ambra Michelotti
Lesson program:
– The concept of patient-oriented treatment
– Criteria for the diagnosis of musculoskeletal pain
– Disease-oriented principle
– Tactics of treatment of musculoskeletal disorders
– Step-by-step treatment model
– Behavioral therapy: indications and stages
– Self-massage: technique
– Control of parafunctional behavior
– Physical therapy protocol: types of exercises and methods of performance
– Arthralgia: causes, diagnosis, treatment
– Displacement of the articular disc with reduction: tactics
– Reduction of the articular disc: methodology
– Dislocation and subluxation: diagnosis and treatment
– Occlusal splints: indications
– Consequences of self-treatment with occlusive splints
– Comprehensive treatment: benefits
– Mechanism of action of the occlusal splint
– Placebo effect in the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders.
Recommended for: Orthodontists, Prosthetists, Gnathologists, General dentists.
Duration: 2 h 3 min
Lesson program:
– The concept of patient-oriented treatment
– Criteria for the diagnosis of musculoskeletal pain
– Disease-oriented principle
– Tactics of treatment of musculoskeletal disorders
– Step-by-step treatment model
– Behavioral therapy: indications and stages
– Self-massage: technique
– Control of parafunctional behavior
– Physical therapy protocol: types of exercises and methods of performance
– Arthralgia: causes, diagnosis, treatment
– Displacement of the articular disc with reduction: tactics
– Reduction of the articular disc: methodology
– Dislocation and subluxation: diagnosis and treatment
– Occlusal splints: indications
– Consequences of self-treatment with occlusive splints
– Comprehensive treatment: benefits
– Mechanism of action of the occlusal splint
– Placebo effect in the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders.
Recommended for: Orthodontists, Prosthetists, Gnathologists, General dentists.
Duration: 2 h 3 min
General Somatic Pathology and Diseases of the TMJ: An Integrated Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment
Here you can watch a five-minute fragment of the lesson
By Lawrence Gottesman
Lesson program:
– Components of orofacial pain
– Small fiber neuropathy (SFPN)
– Concomitant pathology:
- Genetic factors
- Purchased factors.
– Diagnosis of neuropathy: trepan-biopsy
– Genetic testing in dentistry
– Retromyalgia: principles of diagnosis:
- Match test
- Joint Hypermobility test.
– Chiari malformation: clinic
– Myofascial pain syndrome: diagnosis
– Principles of treatment of polyneuropathy
– Paraneoplastic syndrome.
Recommended for: Orthodontists, Prosthetists, Gnathologists, General dentists.
Duration: 1 h 43 min
Lesson program:
– Components of orofacial pain
– Small fiber neuropathy (SFPN)
– Concomitant pathology:
- Genetic factors
- Purchased factors.
– Diagnosis of neuropathy: trepan-biopsy
– Genetic testing in dentistry
– Retromyalgia: principles of diagnosis:
- Match test
- Joint Hypermobility test.
– Chiari malformation: clinic
– Myofascial pain syndrome: diagnosis
– Principles of treatment of polyneuropathy
– Paraneoplastic syndrome.
Recommended for: Orthodontists, Prosthetists, Gnathologists, General dentists.
Duration: 1 h 43 min
Functional Diagnostics. Norm and Pathology
Here you can watch a five-minute fragment of the lesson
By Ulrich Lotzmann
Lesson program:
– Craniomandibular dysfunction:
- Definition
- Symptoms
- Etiology.
– Forms of craniomandibular dysfunction:
- Compensated
- Uncompensated.
– Pathology of occlusion: role in the development of craniomandibular dysfunction
– Parafunctions: occlusal and nonocclusal
– Demastication, Attriction, Abfraction and Erosion: Significance
– Methods of functional analysis
– Three-dimensional registration of movements of the lower jaw
– Options for functional analysis:
- Quick Check
- Functional analysis I
- Functional analysis II.
– Objectives of functional analysis
– Posture: influence on the development of pathology
– Anatomy and function of the TMJ
– Examination of the TMJ: palpation technique
– The main pain areas of the TMJ
– Temporomandibular joint noises: crunch, click and crepitus
– Disc displacement: reposition technique
– Jaw muscle pain: localization and diagnostics
– Examination of masticatory muscles.
Recommended for: General dentists, Orthodontists, Prosthetists, Gnathologists.
Duration: 2 h 52 min
Lesson program:
– Craniomandibular dysfunction:
- Definition
- Symptoms
- Etiology.
– Forms of craniomandibular dysfunction:
- Compensated
- Uncompensated.
– Pathology of occlusion: role in the development of craniomandibular dysfunction
– Parafunctions: occlusal and nonocclusal
– Demastication, Attriction, Abfraction and Erosion: Significance
– Methods of functional analysis
– Three-dimensional registration of movements of the lower jaw
– Options for functional analysis:
- Quick Check
- Functional analysis I
- Functional analysis II.
– Objectives of functional analysis
– Posture: influence on the development of pathology
– Anatomy and function of the TMJ
– Examination of the TMJ: palpation technique
– The main pain areas of the TMJ
– Temporomandibular joint noises: crunch, click and crepitus
– Disc displacement: reposition technique
– Jaw muscle pain: localization and diagnostics
– Examination of masticatory muscles.
Recommended for: General dentists, Orthodontists, Prosthetists, Gnathologists.
Duration: 2 h 52 min
Pre-Treatment with Occlusal Splints
Here you can watch a five-minute fragment of the lesson
By Ulrich Lotzmann
Lesson program:
– The role of occlusion for establishing craniomandibular dysfunction:
- Premature contacts
- Parafunctions.
– Strategies for the treatment of CMD:
- Etiological
- Symptomatic.
– Indications for occlusive therapy
– Selective grinding of teeth: a technique
– Positioning of the occlusal splint: on the upper or lower jaw?
– Types of occlusal splints:
- Reflex
- Stabilization
- Reposition
- Distraction
- Decompression
- Verticalization.
– The main therapeutic tasks of occlusal splints
– Method of registration of occlusal contacts
– Manual therapy in the treatment of CMD.
Recommended for: Orthodontists, Prosthetists, Gnathologists, General dentists.
Duration: 1 h 2 min
Lesson program:
– The role of occlusion for establishing craniomandibular dysfunction:
- Premature contacts
- Parafunctions.
– Strategies for the treatment of CMD:
- Etiological
- Symptomatic.
– Indications for occlusive therapy
– Selective grinding of teeth: a technique
– Positioning of the occlusal splint: on the upper or lower jaw?
– Types of occlusal splints:
- Reflex
- Stabilization
- Reposition
- Distraction
- Decompression
- Verticalization.
– The main therapeutic tasks of occlusal splints
– Method of registration of occlusal contacts
– Manual therapy in the treatment of CMD.
Recommended for: Orthodontists, Prosthetists, Gnathologists, General dentists.
Duration: 1 h 2 min
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Dr. Jeffrey P. Okeson
Dr. Ambra Michelotti
Dr. Gary D. Klasser
Dr. Ulrich Lotzmann
Dr. Lawrence Gottesman
Dr. Ambra Michelotti
Dr. Gary D. Klasser
Dr. Ulrich Lotzmann
Dr. Lawrence Gottesman
Evidence-Based Treatment of TMJ Dysfunction
Access to the course is unlimited in time!
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Dr. Jeffrey P. OkesonProfessor and Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry (USA). Founder, Orofacial Pain Program, University of Kentucky College of Dentistry.Has 250+ publications in the area of occlusion, TMJ disorders and orofacial pain. The book "Management of Temporomandibular Disorders and Occlusion is published" is used in most of the United States dental schools as well as in many other countries. Has presented more than 1300 invited lectures on the subject of TMD and orofacial pain in all 50 states and in 60 different countries.
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Dr. Ambra MichelottiOne of the leading specialists in the field of functional dentistry in Europe. Graduated in Dentistry (DDS) in 1984, Honorary Degree in Dentistry at the University of Malmo (Sweden) in 2018. Full professor in Orthodontics and Clinical Gnathology at the University of Naples Federico II. Director of the post-graduate School in Orthodontics and responsible for the Master course on “Orofacial pain and Temporomandibular Disorders” at the University of Naples Federico II. Authored or co-authored more than 150 papers and co-author of several book chapters.
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Dr. Gary D. KlasserОbtained his dental degree from the University of Manitoba (Canada) in 1980. Over the next 22 years, he enjoyed the practice of general dentistry from both a public health and private practice perspective until he returned to graduate studies in 2002. Dr. Klasser has published numerous peer reviewed scientific articles while contributing many chapters to various textbooks. He also serves as an associate editor or as an editorial reviewer for a number of journals. He is also co-editor of several textbooks related to oral and facial pain and is a Past-President of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain.
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Dr. Ulrich LotzmannDissertation (1987) and habilitation (1994) in the field of CMD diagnostics and therapy. Since 1995 Professor and head of the Department of Prosthodontics and Orofacial Function, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany.
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Dr. Lawrence GottesmanDr. Lawrence Gottesman is a nationally recognized lecturer and author. He has presented many times at prestigious dental meetings and local dental study groups. The TMD E-Guide Questionnaire was assembled by Dr. Gottesman after 39 years of clinical experience and over a decade of active literary research. This all-inclusive form is an integral part of a complicated algorithm developed by Dr. Gottesman.
