Dental Sleep Medicine & TMD-A System for Dx and Tx-Session 1 of 3

This comprehensive 3 session (6 day) course will teach you an effective, reproducible SYSTEM for screening and triage of structural injuries, OSA and systemic inflammatory conditions. Understand the proper steps and protocols for patient treatment to achieve reproducible results. All forms & documentation (patient intake, clinical exam, tracking, medical billing) will be supplied to successfully treat patients.

Session 1 covers:

* Screening for OSA in Your Practice
* Sleep, Pain, TMD...the Connection
* Airway and TMJ Neuroanatomy
* Functional anatomy of the TMJ
* Electro modalities for diagnosis and objective evaluation of treatment
* Clinical examination on real Patient
* The process of neurotransmission
* Muscles of the head and neck
* Imaging - CBCT / Plain Film / X-Rays / MRI
* Demonstration of neurologic examination - Motor Reflex Testing
* Phonetic bite registrations
* Clinical examination on real patient
* Case presentation

Session 2 covers:

* Sleep Disorders
* Triage of sleep appliance therapy
* Basic concepts of pain
* Headaches
* Principles of pharmacology
* Anesthetic diagnostic/therapeutic injection blocks
* Recapturing discs
* Radiology
* Orthotic design & iIndications
* Working with other professionals
* Case presentations
* Clinical examination on real patient

Session 3 covers:

* Sleep disorders that cause TMJ pain
* Differential diagnosis of various craniomandibular disorders
* Arthrocentesis
* Physical therapy modalities
* Differential diagnosis ascending/descending problems
* How to build a SLEEP into your practice - medical billing, patient communications
* T-scan (computerized evaluation for timing and force of occlusion)
* How to go from Phase I rehabilitation to Phase II permanent stabilization
* Phase II Ortho and Restorative
* Case presentations
* Clinical examination on real patient

This program qualifies for 48 hours Lecture & Participation Continued Education