Evidence-based treatment of TMJ dysfunction
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8 Lektionen + 1 gratis (15S 59M)
14.5 CE Credits

Englisch
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Beschreibung
One of our most demanded online courses among our clients is the "Evidence-based treatment of TMD".
The course introduces evidence-based methods of diagnosing and treatment of TMD, muscle and craniomandibular dysfunctions.
Lecturers will discuss in detail:
– Principles and methods for diagnosing TMD
– Differential diagnosis of muscle and joint pain
– An interdisciplinary approach to the management of TMJ disorders
– Relationship between the bruxism and TMD.
Course Objectives:
– Review risk factors for temporomandibular disorders
– Review TMD diagnosis and differential diagnosis protocols in an evidence-based approach
– Review TMD and orofacial pain treatment protocols
– Review relationship between general somatic pathology and TMJ diseases
– Review relationship between the bruxism and TMD.
Lektion 1.TMD and orofacial pain treatment
– The problem of musculoskeletal dysfunction: definition
– Diagnostic difficulties of musculoskeletal dysfunction
– Differential diagnosis of muscle and joint pain
– Classification of temporomandibular disorders
– Classification of orofacial pain
– Pain in the mandible as a sign of myocardial infarction
– Principles of effective treatment
– The concept of convergence and divergence
– Pain zone or pain source: differentiation rules
– Trigger zones
– Causes of musculoskeletal dysfunction:
- Relationship between occlusion and musculoskeletal dysfunction
- Trauma
- Emotional stress
- Parafunctions
- Deeply localized pain.
– Etiology of muscle pain
– Bruxism and muscle pain: correlation
– Delayed muscle soreness syndrome
– Intra-articular pain: types and etiology
– Principles of treatment of TMJ diseases.
Recommended for: Orthodontists, Prosthetists, Gnathologists, General dentists.
Lektion 2.Temporomandibular disorders: clinical examination and differential diagnosis
– What is pain?
– Biopsychosocial model: components
– Neuromatrix theory
– Classification of orofacial pain
– Musculoskeletal dysfunction: definition
– Epidemiology of musculoskeletal pain
– Etiology of musculoskeletal disorders
– Rules for choosing treatment tactics
– Factors of development of musculoskeletal dysfunction:
- Predisposing factors
- Initiators
- Aggravating factors.
– The concept of primary and heterotopic pain
– Anamnesis collection and examination: LOQFDIV-survey
– Clinical examination:
- Otoscopy
- Range of motion in the cervical spine
- Palpation of muscles and joints
- Palpation of the lymph nodes
- Provocative tests
- Movement of the lower jaw
- Intraoral examination
- X-ray diagnostics
- Serological examination
- Local anaesthesia.
Recommended for: Orthodontists, Prosthetists, Gnathologists, General dentists.
Lektion 3.TMJ and Muscle Dysfunctions: diagnostic and treatment protocols
– Musculoskeletal dysfunction: definition
– Classification systems for musculoskeletal dysfunctions:
- RDC-TMD
- DC-TMD
- Extended DC-TMD.
– Masticatory muscles: a model of pain formation
– Causes of muscle dysfunction
– Local muscle soreness: causes
– Myospasm of the masticatory muscles
– Myofascial pain: causes
– Source of pain and localization
– Constant continuous muscle pain
– Fibromyalgia: diagnostics
– TMJ diseases:
- Disorders of the condyle-disc complex
- Inflammatory disorders.
– The role of ligaments in the development of diseases
– Displacement of the articular disc with and without reduction
– Inflammatory disorders: etiology
– Osteoarthritis: manifestations and key points of treatment
– Invasive treatment: indications
– Principles of treatment of TMJ dysfunctions
– Manual therapy
– Multiple "P" approach.
Recommended for: Orthodontists, Prosthetists, Gnathologists, General dentists.
Lektion 4.TMD diagnosis in an evidence-based approach. Introductory lesson
– TMD: definition and epidemiology
– Evaluation of risk factors in the development of TMD
– Micro and macrotrauma in the development of TMD: bruxism, overextension
– The role of central nervous system in the development of TMD
– Psychosocial factors in the development of TMD
– Psychosocial profile of the patient.
Recommended for: Functional dentists.
Lektion 5.TMD diagnosis in an evidence-based approach
– Classification of orofacial pain
– Determination of temporomandibular disorders
– Diagnostic groups of temporomandibular disorders
– Risk factors for temporomandibular disorders:
- Macrotrauma: types and correlation with musculoskeletal disorders
- Pathophysiological factors
- Psychoemotional factors
- Anatomical factors.
– Occlusion and temporomandibular disorders: relationship
– Classification of temporomandibular disorders
– Bio-psycho-social model
– Diagnostic criteria:
- Anamnesis
- Localization
- Modified function
- Familiar pain
- Radiating pain.
– Musculoskeletal pain:
- Myalgia
- Myofascial pain
- Arthralgia.
– Palpation of muscles and TMJ
– TMJ dysfunction: types and characteristics
– Clinical examination: standardized method
– Diagnostic procedures:
- Patient intake
- Clinical examination
- Diagnostic tests
- Making a diagnosis.
– Characteristics of pain
– SMILES approach
– MRI for TMJ dysfunctions.
Recommended for: Orthodontists, Prosthetists, Gnathologists, General dentists.
Lektion 6.Potential treatments for TMD
– The concept of patient-oriented treatment
– Criteria for the diagnosis of musculoskeletal pain
– Disease-oriented principle
– Tactics of treatment of musculoskeletal disorders
– Step-by-step treatment model
– Behavioral therapy: indications and stages
– Self-massage: technique
– Control of parafunctional behavior
– Physical therapy protocol: types of exercises and methods of performance
– Arthralgia: causes, diagnosis, treatment
– Displacement of the articular disc with reduction: tactics
– Reduction of the articular disc: methodology
– Dislocation and subluxation: diagnosis and treatment
– Occlusal splints: indications
– Consequences of self-treatment with occlusive splints
– Comprehensive treatment: benefits
– Mechanism of action of the occlusal splint
– Placebo effect in the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders.
Recommended for: Orthodontists, Prosthetists, Gnathologists, General dentists.
Lektion 7.General somatic pathology and diseases of the TMJ: an integrated approach to diagnosis and treatment
– Components of orofacial pain
– Small fiber neuropathy (SFPN)
– Concomitant pathology:
- Genetic factors
- Purchased factors.
– Diagnosis of neuropathy: trepan-biopsy
– Genetic testing in dentistry
– Retromyalgia: principles of diagnosis:
- Match test
- Joint Hypermobility test.
– Chiari malformation: clinic
– Myofascial pain syndrome: diagnosis
– Principles of treatment of polyneuropathy
– Paraneoplastic syndrome.
Recommended for: Orthodontists, Prosthetists, Gnathologists, General dentists.
Lektion 8.Functional diagnostics. Norm and pathology
– Craniomandibular dysfunction:
- Definition
- Symptoms
- Etiology.
– Forms of craniomandibular dysfunction:
- Compensated
- Uncompensated.
– Pathology of occlusion: role in the development of craniomandibular dysfunction
– Parafunctions: occlusal and nonocclusal
– Demastication, Attriction, Abfraction and Erosion: Significance
– Methods of functional analysis
– Three-dimensional registration of movements of the lower jaw
– Options for functional analysis:
- Quick Check
- Functional analysis I
- Functional analysis II.
– Objectives of functional analysis
– Posture: influence on the development of pathology
– Anatomy and function of the TMJ
– Examination of the TMJ: palpation technique
– The main pain areas of the TMJ
– Temporomandibular joint noises: crunch, click and crepitus
– Disc displacement: reposition technique
– Jaw muscle pain: localization and diagnostics
– Examination of masticatory muscles.
Recommended for: General dentists, Orthodontists, Prosthetists, Gnathologists.
Lektion 9.Pre-treatment with occlusal splints
– The role of occlusion for establishing craniomandibular dysfunction:
- Premature contacts
- Parafunctions.
– Strategies for the treatment of CMD:
- Etiological
- Symptomatic.
– Indications for occlusive therapy
– Selective grinding of teeth: a technique
– Positioning of the occlusal splint: on the upper or lower jaw?
– Types of occlusal splints:
- Reflex
- Stabilization
- Reposition
- Distraction
- Decompression
- Verticalization.
– The main therapeutic tasks of occlusal splints
– Method of registration of occlusal contacts
– Manual therapy in the treatment of CMD.
Recommended for: Orthodontists, Prosthetists, Gnathologists, General dentists.
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