Orofacial Pain (OFP) was approved by the ADA (American Dental Association) as an emerging specialty in 2020. Dentists are often faced with painful conditions that are difficult to diagnose, and may come across cases that not only fail to resolve the chief complaint but may also complicate the clinical picture. Proper training in understanding and treating pain is of great value to health professionals. The objective of this hands-on course is to provide the opportunity to acquire the required skills to diagnose and treat chronic orofacial pain cases.

COURSE CONTENT

• Current concept of Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD) and Orofacial Pain (OFP)

• Common dental causes of toothaches: Odontogenic vs Non-odontogenic toothache

• Comprehensive TMD and OFP examination: TMJ and muscle palpation, cranial nerve examination, cervical evaluation, functional tests of the orofacial region (* Participants will be paired to do clinical examination on each other)

• TMD treatment: Self-care exercise, medications, spray & stretch, trigger point injection, splints, physical therapy evaluation and treatment, psychological assessment

• Neuropathic evaluation and treatment: Neuronal examination, anesthetic challenge test, use of topicals, neurosensory stents

• Neurovascular evaluation: Determine how to proceed when your patients have a headache, identify when to treat and when to refer

• Dental sleep medicine: Oral appliances (OA) for snoring and obstructive sleep apnea (* With hands-on)