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Our overall mission is to provide the dental heath care provider with a broad base of diagnostic and treatment skills in the areas of orthodontics and occlusion. We want the practitioner to be able to incorporate the learned skills into his/her practice to provide the public with the finest treatment possible.

  

 

Academy of General Dentistry
Approved PACE
Program Provider
FAGD/MAGD Credit
6/1/06 - 5/31/10
 
 		 TMJ Track: TMJ & Occlusion for the Dentist
The Next Step - Session 1
 

Session 1 Agenda– The Center for Occlusal Studies
Dr. Jay Gerber, instructor
 “Diagnosis & Treatment of TMD in Dental Practice”

This session provides you with the tools needed to enhance your ability to diagnose the TMD – Orofacial pain patient. You will learn through hands-on exercises of the patient examination. Learn to develop treatment plans and how to select and use the various phase 1 appliances used in dentistry. Includes cadaver session... Instructors –Gerber, Miska & Greenan

Day One  

TMD for the Dentist                                     session 2 agenda
Anatomy/Histology

  • Physiology and Biomechanics

  • Dysfunction of the TMJ

  • The roll of occlusion in TMD

Medical/Dental History

Physical Examination Protocol of the Head and Neck

Project Exercise **
Depart the Center for Washington State College
Review of Head Anatomy - Cadaver Lab

  • Postural Anatomy & Physiology
     
Day Two  

TM Joint Extra-oral Radiology

Film Processing

TMJ Imaging Protocol

  • Panoramic, MRI, Transcranial, Cephalometric (Lateral), Cervical Spine

Imaging, AP Townes, PA Skull, Submental Vertex and Tomographic

Radiographic Diagnosis   

  • Pathology

The Radiographic Report 

Differential Diagnosis of Head, Neck and Facial Pain                

  • Case Studies
     
Day Three  

Patient Treatment Protocol – Appliances

Appliance Selection

  • Pivot Appliance, Gerber & Stack Pull-Forward Appliances, Emergency

Pain Release,  and Neuromuscular Orthotics.

  • Patient Treatment Protocols

                         session 2 agenda 
session  3 agenda
 
Instruction – Videotapes, computer enhanced LCD and slide presentations will be used to supplement the lectures and demonstrations.  Hands-on exercises will be used to augment your learning experience. Extensive handouts are provider by each presenter.

 
 
 


Dr. Jay Gerber, Director of Instruction. Providing CDE programs since 1984.

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