Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality for Orofacial Pain A (Human) Brainstorm On How They Are Revolutionizing Pain Research, Education, And Treatment Dr. Alex DaSilva will discuss the new frontiers in artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR) for headache and orofacial pain. During the [...]
What an Awesome Time to Become AAOP President Or is it? With the pandemic, our ways of business, practice and education are in crisis. People are calling the year of 2020 a cursed year; the worst ever. But for us in the world of OFP that [...]
Somatic Symptom Disorders, Somatization and Facial Pain Dr. Kulich will review assessment and management strategies for the complex patient who presents marked somatic overconcern, often sees multiple healthcare providers, and commonly experiences only transient improvement with treatment. Recent research on assessment and management is reviewed, including data to [...]
What Makes an Orofacial Pain Specialist Different from a General Dentist? Presented By: David C. Rainwater, DDS, Pllc Diplomate, American Board of Orofacial Pain Fellow, American Academy of Orofacial Pain Master of The Academy of General Dentistry Mentorship committee of the AAOP Seema Kurup MDS, [...]
New Insights Into Migraine and the Migraine-Preventative Medication, Propranolol, for Management of Painful TMD - Tchivileva Cross-sectional studies demonstrate positive associations between occurrence of migraine and painful temporomandibular disorder (TMD). However, few prospective studies have investigated the relevance of the association for the purpose of predicting TMD [...]
Remembering Dr. Henry Gremillion May 18th of this year the American Academy of Orofacial Pain and dentistry lost a great member. A wonderful teacher, lecturer, anatomist and friend to many people but to me he was as close as a brother. Our friendship spanned forty seven [...]
Medical Billing Pearls and Pitfalls As dentistry continues to shift towards oral-systemic wellness, more dental procedures are being recognized as medically necessary and being covered under major health insurance plans and policies. Dental practices are recognizing the significant benefits to offering medical insurance reimbursement such as increased case [...]
Practical Screening for Sleep Disordered Breathing in Clinical Practice Sleep disordered breathing, which includes obstructive sleep apnea, is one of the most under recognized and untreated group of disorders experienced in the general population. Dentist, by the nature of the well care model of practice, are in the [...]
Epigenetics & Wellness - Lifestyle Choices and Human Health We are now coming to appreciate the notion that both nature (genetics) and nurture (epigenetics) play key roles in disease progression and the development of chronic pain states. Recent advances in the fields of genomics and bioinformatics are providing [...]
Dental Occlusion: When Does It Matter? What does the Evidence Tell Us? Arthrocentesis is an invaluable procedure in the management algorithm for temporomandibular joint disease, particularly in the early Wilkes stages. This objectives of this course are to understand the appropriate workup and indications for the procedure, review [...]