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The 9th ANNUAL ALAN J. DRINNAN MEMORIAL SYMPOSIUM
OROFACIAL PAIN AND TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDERS: FROM RESEARCH TO CLINICAL PRACTICE
Alumni Speaker Series
Friday, September 27, 2013
9:00am-12:00pm (3 CE hrs)
Room 106-B
Orofacial Pain programs are now accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation, and the School of Dental Medicine at UB is one of only a handful of national programs that are accredited. Orofacial pain accreditation has allowed dentistry to broaden its focus of pain beyond odontogenic, oral pathologic lesions, and TMD to neurovascular and neuropathic pain. TMD is now considered to be a complex disease, and while TMD is the most common non-odontogenic pain in the oral and facial region, regional neuropathic pains are increasingly recognized as the most challenging diagnostically and therapeutically. Consequently, the dental professional has additional responsibilities – TMD as a complex disease and neuropathic pain, and the use of evidence in clinical evaluation and treatment becomes increasingly critical for the dental professional.
The first presentation will focus on the importance of evidence-based medicine (EBM) in patient care, with an emphasis on the utility of EBM for complex clinical cases. The second presentation will focus on the diagnostic and treatment considerations for primary burning mouth syndrome as a form of neuropathic pain. The third presentation will explore the RDC/TMD Validation Project funded by NIH and the role of evidence in the development of validated criteria for the assessment of TMD, and how this validated approach to assessing patients can work in practice. The final presentation will discuss the methods and data associated with the Orofacial Pain: Prospective Evaluation and Risk Assessment research program funded by NIH – and what it means for the diagnosis and treatment of TMD as a complex disease.
Course Objectives:
· when evidence-based medicine principles need most to be used in clinical practice
· characteristics, diagnosis, and treatment of neuropathic pain
· UB SDM’s TMD Research Program
· assessment and diagnosis of TMD according to evidence
· TMD as a regional vs. complex disorder: why that matters
Recommended for…Dentists.
Heidi C. Crow, DMD, MS is a graduate of University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine and received her certificate in General Practice Residency (GPR) at the University of Rochester. She completed the advanced education program in Temporomandibular Disorders and Orofacial Pain, as well as received her MS in Oral Sciences at the University at Buffalo in 1991. She returned to Buffalo in 2004 after being the director of the GPR programs at the University of Michigan and Indiana University. Currently she is an associate professor in the Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, as well as the associate dean for Advanced Education and director of the TMD and Orofacial Pain Program.
Michael Glick, DMD is professor of Oral Medicine and dean, School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo. Dr. Glick has authored more than 200 publications and has co-edited several textbooks including “Dental Management of Patients with HIV” and “Burket’s Oral Medicine: Diagnosis and Treatment” (10th &11th ed.) He serves on several national and world-wide committees, including chairman of the 2020 Committee for the World Dental Federation. He has lectured extensively both within the United States and internationally. Dr. Glick is past president of the American Board of Oral Medicine and serves as the editor of The Journal of the American Dental Association.
Yoly M. Gonzalez DDS, MS, MPH is a graduate of the Universidad Central de Venezuela and the University at Buffalo. She has completed the D.D.S. and Master in Oral Sciences Programs as well as the Advanced Education Programs in Temporomandibular Disorders and Orofacial Pain and Periodontics at the University at Buffalo. She has been a faculty member since 1994 with joint appointments in the Departments of Periodontics and Oral Diagnostic Sciences. Dr. Gonzalez's interests lie in the field of Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD) and Orofacial Pain conditions; more specifically, in the areas of examiner training, reliability, assessment and diagnosis of these disorders. She participates in multicenter studies addressing the diagnostic systems for TMD, longitudinal studies evaluating risk factors for the development of TMD and Orofacial Pain, and biomechanics characteristics of the TMJ.
Richard Ohrbach, DDS is a graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, received a certificate in Pain Management from UCLA, a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University at Buffalo, and a post-doctoral fellowship in behavioral epidemiology at the University of Washington. Currently, he is a collaborating Principal Investigator with many multi-site studies funded by NIH, and collaborates with colleagues internationally on pain studies. His current research involves diagnosis, etiology, and progression of TMD. He is a consultant to the VA Hospital for TMD, and he has a part-time clinical practice for pain medicine and behavioral medicine.
In this presentation, Drs. Crow, Glick, Gonzalez and Ohrbach do not refer to products of a commercial company with which they have a significant relationship.
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