Orofacial Pain is Now the 12th ADA-Recognized Dental Specialty On March 31, 2020, the American Academy of Orofacial Pain’s request to recognize orofacial pain as a dental specialty was granted by the National Commission on Recognition of Dental Specialties and Certifying Boards based on compliance with the Requirements for [...]

A monumental report was released in March 2020 by the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.  It was a consensus study report on the current state of temporomandibular disorders and orofacial pain.  The study was sponsored by the office of the Director of The National Institute of Health and by The [...]