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The morning presentation will discuss initial patient evaluation and a recommended treatment protocol for integrating and utilizing multidisciplinary TMD therapies. This sequence will then be applied to 14 documented cases in which the patient's symptoms and clinical evaluation results are presented, and potential diagnoses and treatments will be discussed. Several of these cases are of patients who present with symptoms similar to TMD, but other diagnoses are determined, i.e., acute pulpalgia, sinusitis, etc.
The afternoon clinical activities will involve working with a fellow participant, in which the masticatory and cervical musculature will be palpated, various jaw positions will be reviewed, and various splints brought to the course will be adjusted. The course parallels Dr. Wright's recently published TMD textbook.
Participants will:
It is the policy of the UT Health San Antonio Office of Continuing Dental Education to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all of its sponsored educational activities. All participating speakers, course directors, and planning committee members are required to disclose to the program audience any financial relationships related to the subject matter of this program. Relationships of spouse/partner with proprietary entities producing health care goods or services should be disclosed if they are of a nature that may influence the objectivity of the individual in a position to control the content of the CDE activity. Disclosure information is reviewed in advance in order to manage and resolve any possible conflicts of interest. Specific disclosure information for each speaker, course director, and planning committee member will be shared with the audience prior to the speaker’s presentation.
Continuing Dental Education Staff members have nothing to disclose.
Check-in: 8:00 AM
Program time: Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
UT Health San Antonio, School of Dentistry
Hours: 7
Participants must bring to the course a splint they provide their patients. The splint needs to be fabricated to either the participants' maxillary or mandibular arch. The splint may be fabricated from acrylic, soft thermoplastic mouth guard material, or any intermediate material (Flexite, Bruxeze, hard/soft laminated material, etc.). NTI appliances are not recommended and should not be brought. Participants must also bring a long shank acrylic bur and a long shank #6 or #8 round bur. If he or she brings a splint made from soft thermoplastic mouth guard material, the participant must also bring the cast it was molded over. The class will be limited to the first 14 dentists to register.