Insider Fall 2021

Join Us! 2021 AAOP VIRTUAL Sleep Conference Updates in management of Sleep Breathing Disorders (SBD) Saturday, November 6, 2021 Course Description: The basis of this conference is to review the current status of Sleep Medicine disorders with an emphasis on the role of the dentist in the [...]

By |2021-09-02T18:16:56+00:00September 2nd, 2021|AAOP Insider|Comments Off on Insider Fall 2021

Insider Spring 2021 Membership Spotlight

Member Spotlight Dr. Robert Merill Dr. Merrill completed a Fellowship in Pain Management in the UCLA Pain Management Center in 1990 and was appointed a clinic director of the Orofacial Pain Clinic in 1991. He started private practice in Orofacial Pain in 1990 and began to develop [...]

By |2021-04-06T20:00:44+00:00April 6th, 2021|AAOP Insider|Comments Off on Insider Spring 2021 Membership Spotlight

AAOP President’s message – March 29, 2021

AAOP President’s message Spring is here; the COVID 19 winter is behind us! A majority of us are vaccinated, and our practices are or can start running full tilt again. Hope leading to great expectations is in the air! For the AAOP, recent developments that have or are occurring [...]

By |2021-03-30T00:48:58+00:00March 29th, 2021|AAOP Insider, President Message|Comments Off on AAOP President’s message – March 29, 2021

Insider Winter 2020 – 2019-20 Class Fellows of the Academy

2019-20 Class Fellows of the Academy Jonathan Michael Adams, DDS, BSc Abdulazziz Alrefai, BDS Chye Kiat Chionh, BDS, MSc Basilios Costaras, DDS Shuchi Dhadwal, DMD, BDS Preston Duffin, DDS, MS Akanksha Gupta, BDS, MS Mary Charles Haigler, DMD, MS Amy Hartsfield, DMD Kevin Huff, [...]

By |2020-12-15T18:40:51+00:00December 15th, 2020|AAOP Insider|Comments Off on Insider Winter 2020 – 2019-20 Class Fellows of the Academy

Insider Winter 2020 – Telemedicine Utilization in Orofacial Pain

Telemedicine Utilization in Orofacial Pain As our world came to a halt at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, healthcare professionals across the world relied on Telehealth as a mode to provide care and stay connected with their patients. Even though the telehealth technology [...]

By |2020-12-15T18:41:07+00:00December 15th, 2020|AAOP Insider|Comments Off on Insider Winter 2020 – Telemedicine Utilization in Orofacial Pain

Insider Winter 2020 – Pandemic Fails to Slow American Board of Orofacial Pain Examination

Pandemic Fails to Slow American Board of Orofacial Pain Examination The COVID-19 pandemic greatly affected the process for the 2020 examination cycle. Despite numerous obstacles, ABOP successfully completed both the written and oral examinations. Upon the news that AAOP was considering postponement of the [...]

By |2020-12-15T18:41:22+00:00December 15th, 2020|AAOP Insider|Comments Off on Insider Winter 2020 – Pandemic Fails to Slow American Board of Orofacial Pain Examination

Insider Winter 2020 – Injections in the TMJ by non-oral surgeons

Injections in the TMJ  by Non-Oral Surgeons Larry Lockerman DDS, FAAOP, Diplomate  ABOP and AADSM. He has been treating face pain, TMJ disorders and Obstructive Sleep Apnea since the early 1980’s. He has been a member of the medical staff of Rehabilitation Hospitals and [...]

By |2020-12-28T20:53:51+00:00December 15th, 2020|AAOP Insider|Comments Off on Insider Winter 2020 – Injections in the TMJ by non-oral surgeons

Insider Winter 2020 – Member Spotlight

Member Spotlight Interview with AAOP Member Dr. James Fricton How did you get interested in the field of Orofacial Pain? I was introduced to the field of pain management in 1971 when I injured my back with disabling pain. At that time, [...]

By |2020-12-15T18:40:25+00:00December 15th, 2020|AAOP Insider|Comments Off on Insider Winter 2020 – Member Spotlight

Insider Winter 2020 – Message from the President

President’s Message: I’d like to wish all our AAOP members a wonderful Holiday Season with as many family and friends as is safely possible! I’m hoping that your practices are doing ok; we know that because dentists are having below a 1% positive Covid testing rate that the [...]

By |2020-12-15T18:41:49+00:00December 15th, 2020|AAOP Insider|Comments Off on Insider Winter 2020 – Message from the President

Spring 2020

FROM THE EDITOR: Dear All, I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy during these difficult times. It has been a very challenging time for everyone personally and professionally. However, one thing that has been very reassuring throughout the whole thing is our ability to adapt. As we [...]

By |2020-07-17T17:49:26+00:00July 17th, 2020|AAOP Insider|Comments Off on Spring 2020
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