4 tips to provide your TMD patients this holiday season
The holiday season is the best for spending time with family that you might not see that often. However, what happens when your patients suffer from temporomandibular joint (TMJ) [...]
How a child’s bite can cause long-term complications
It is important to educate our patients’ parents on their child’s bite. They might not realize it, but their child’s bite can cause long-term complications. For example, a child’s [...]
Join us in Chapel Hill for a Craniofacial Pain and TMJ mini residency
Join Terry Bennett, DMD, Mayoor Patel, DDS, MS, UNC's Greg Essick, DDS, and Rose Nierman, RDH, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina for the 2019 Orofacial Pain Mini Residency! This [...]
The ABCs of Advanced Dentistry: Airway, Bruxism and Craniofacial Pain
It has become increasingly clear that there is a link between sleep apnea (airway), bruxism and craniofacial pain, in some patients and dentists should be knowledgeable in all three [...]
Start planning for 2019: Sign up for these pain courses
If you’re like me then you like to plan ahead. There are times you might wish you knew about a dental sleep medicine (DSM) course sooner than the week [...]
For further guidance, check out this educational book on TMD
In November “Take a Bite Out of Pain: A Journey to Overcoming Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction (TMD)” was released and available for purchase. It is exciting to have both a [...]
Long-term treatment for adolescents with TMJ pain
I want to take a moment to discuss a study I was looking at the other day. This study looked at the long-term treatment outcome for adolescents with temporomandibular [...]
Pay attention to dental side effects during long-term oral appliance therapy
We understand how successful treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can be. However, we need to pay attention to the potential side effects from long-term oral appliance use. If [...]
The mechanisms of craniofacial pain
A recent journal looked at the mechanisms of craniofacial pain. The researchers worked to highlight peripheral and central adaptations that might promote chronification of pain in craniofacial pain states, [...]
Join Dr. Patel and Nierman Practice Management in Las Vegas
Ready to complete more continuing education courses? Come and join us November 11-12th in Las Vegas for the Dental Sleep, TMJ, and Craniofacial Pain Symposium! In this symposium, we [...]