OHI-S Evidence-based treatment of temporomandibular disorders

• – Anatomy of TMJ
• – TMD: diagnostic difficulties
• – Types of TMD treatment methods
• – Minimally invasive treatments:
• – arthrocentesis: indications and methodology
• – arthroscopy
• – botulinum toxin: indications and technique.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

• – Anatomy of TMJ
• – TMD: diagnostic difficulties
• – Types of TMD treatment methods
• – Minimally invasive treatments:
• – arthrocentesis: indications and methodology
• – arthroscopy
• – botulinum toxin: indications and technique.
• – The effectiveness of hyaluronic acid using in the TMD treatment
• – Invasive surgical treatments:
• – articular (meniscectomy, eminectomy, condyloplasty, prosthetic replacement)
• – non-articular (hyper development of the coronoid process, eagle syndrome, facial asymmetry).

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

• – TMD: definition and epidemiology
• – Evaluation of risk factors in the development of TMD
• – Micro and macrotrauma in the development of TMD: bruxism, overextension
• – The role of central nervous system in the development of TMD
• – Psychosocial factors in the development of TMD
• – Psychosocial profile of the patient
• – Anatomical factors in the development of TMD: occlusal disharmony, abnormal condylar position and mandible
• – Screening tools for TMD
• – Standardized clinical examination.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

• – History of the medical community’s view of the role of psychology and emotion in the management of chronic pain
• – Procedures and attitudes which considers the complex relationship of psychological and biomedical factors
• – Specific techniques which deal with the psychological component of the pain pattern
• – Identification and integration of biological and psychological aspects of pain
• – Description of the biomedical and psychosocial models
• – History of the biopsychosocial model
• – The importance of psychological aspects in the treatment of patients with chronic pain
• – Current state of the biopsychosocial model in pain management concepts
• – Techniques to address the psychological aspects for the dentist
• – Critical processes to make a referral without causing anger and without suggesting the patient’s pain is psychosomatic.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

• – TMD: symptoms, clinical signs, X-ray
• – “Occlusion — TMJ — Orthodontics”: the history of the old paradigm
• – The development of an evidence-based new paradigm
• – Сlinical and radiological markers of hidden joint pathologies
• – The effect of TMJ arthrosis on the growth and jaw stability
• – Radiological markers of asymptomatic joint disease
• – The influence of joint pathology during jaw growth
• – The genesis of open bite, asymmetries, and crossbite
• – Tips to avoid relapse after orthodontics-orthognatic surgery
• – Asymmetric prognathism: diagnostics.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

• – The evolution of CR over time
• – Condylar position: norm and pathology
• – Centric relation: mechanically thinking vs biologically thinking
• – Occlusal interferences: what does that mean?
• – Vertical dimension variation without affecting the intermaxillary relationship
• – Hinge axis: facts or fictions
• – Jaw deprograming: techniques
• – Factors of occlusal stability
• – Understanding occlusal instability.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

• – Management according to the patient-centered principles
• – Evaluation of bio-psycho-social domain
• – Stepped care model
• – Principles of cognitive and behavioral therapy
• – Protocols of home exercises
• – Placebo effect in the treatment of TMD
• – Oral appliances. Management of the occlusal splint
• – Management of TMD before or during orthodontic/dental treatment
• – Indication of surgical treatment.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

• – TMD definitions and classifications
• – Etiology of TMD
• – Signs and symptoms of TMD
• – Temporomandibular joint disorders
• – Normal disc relations and disc derangements:
• – Disc displacement with reduction
• – Disc displacement without reduction.
• – Somatization and somatoform disorders
• – Оrofacial pain: сluster analysis
• – Modeling, remodeling and adaptation of TMJ
• – Osteoarthritis
• – Masticatory muscle disorders
• – Masticatory muscle pain
• – Risk factors – correlation versus etiologic predictability, occlusal risk factors.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

• – Management of patients with TMD
• – Diagnosis DC/TMD: modern approach
• – Methods of TMD treatment:
• – Physical therapy
• – Medication
• – Behavior modification
• – Occlusal splint therapy
• – Surface electromyography and controversies
• – Occlusal adjustment.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.