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"Evidenced Based TMD: Paradigms for a New Decade"
Wednesday February 22, 2012
7:00 – 8:00 AM: Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 8:20 AM: Opening Ceremony
8:20 – 8:30 AM: Introductions
Panel 1: Orofacial Pain: Mechanisms and Treatment Considerations
8:30 - 9:15 AM: Evidence: What is the Value? - Peter Baragona, DMD
9:15 - 10:00 AM: Orofacial Pain: Looking at the Big Picture - Jeffrey Okeson, DMD
10:00 - 10:30 AM: Break with Exhibitors
10:30 - 11:15 AM: Glia as the “Bad Guys” in Dysregulating Pain & Opioid Actions: Clinical Implications - Linda Watkins, PhD
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM: Psychological Considerations in the Management of TMD: Red Flags – Charles Carlson, PhD
12:00 - 12:15 PM: Morning Panel Discussion
12:15 - 1:30 PM: Lunch
Panel 2: Occlusion, TMJ Imaging, and Arthrocentesis
1:30 - 2:15 PM: Functional Occlusal Assessment: The 3 Ps –John Kois, DDS, MS
2:15 - 3:00 PM: Intracapsular Disorders: Imaging Considerations - Gerhard Undt, DMD, MD
3:00 - 3:30 PM: Break with Exhibitors
3:30 - 4:15 PM: Arthrocentesis: A Technique for the Treatment of Adhesive TMJ Disorders - Steven Shall, DDS and Matthew Lark, DDS
4:15 - 4:45 PM: Afternoon Panel Discussion
6:30 – 8:30 PM: President’s Reception
Thursday February 23, 2012
7:00 – 8:15 AM: Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:15 – 8:15 AM: New Member Breakfast
8:15 – 8:30 AM: Introductions
Panel 3: Sleep and Medical considerations of Orofacial Pain
8:30 – 9:15 AM: The Efficacy of Hard Splint in Treating TMD: Results of a Systematic Review – James Fricton, DDS
9:15 - 10:00 AM: Medical Conditions Posing as TMD - Donald R. Tannenbaum, DDS
10:00 - 10:30 AM: Break with Exhibitors
10:30 - 11:15 AM: Daytime Bruxism and the TMD/OFP Patient - Alan G. Glaros, PhD
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM: Sleep Medicine and The Dentist - Dennis R. Bailey, DDS
12:00 to 12:15 PM: Morning Panel Discussion
12:15 to 1:45 PM: Lunch and AES Membership Meeting
Panel 4: The Restoraive TMD Connection
1:45 - 2:30 PM:
TMD Related Topics - Frank Spear, DDS, MS
2:30 - 3:15 PM: Advanced Implant Reconstruction for the Parafunctional Patient – Ricardo Mitrani, DDS, MSD
3:15 - 3:45 PM: Break with
:45 - 4:30 PM: Is Occlusion Dead or Just Sleeping it Off? , Dr. Jeffrey Rouse
4:30 – 5:00 PM: Afternoon Panel Discussion
5:00 – 5:15 PM: Closing Remarks