OVERVIEW
This participation course consists of a morning presentation and an afternoon of clinical activities. The morning presentation will first discuss initial patient evaluation and a recommended treatment protocol for integrating and utilizing multidisciplinary TMD therapies. This sequence will then be applied to 18 documented cases in which the patient's symptoms and clinical evaluation results are presented, and potential diagnoses and treatments will be discussed. Several of these cases are of patients who present with symptoms similar to TMD, but other diagnoses are determined, i.e., acute pulpalgia, sinusitis, etc. Participants will be taught to identify these disorders from TMD through history and clinical evaluation.

The afternoon clinical activities will involve working with a fellow participant, in which the masticatory and cervical musculature will be palpated, various jaw positions will be reviewed, and various splints brought to the course will be adjusted. The course parallels Dr. Wright's recently published TMD textbook which will be available for purchase at the course for a reduced price.

OBJECTIVES
The course is designed to help dentists more cost effectively obtain maximal therapeutic benefit with their TMD patients.

Participants will:
• Understand which allied health professionals are able to help their TMD patients and when they would be most beneficial.
• Learn to identify patients who generally will not respond well to traditional TMD therapy and how that can be changed.
• Gain new insight of the prevalence of referred pain and the pain interconnection between the teeth,
masticatory system, and cervical area.
• Palpate the masticatory and cervical musculature of a fellow participant.
• Practice mandibular manipulation techniques.
• Adjust a splint that a fellow participant brings to the course.

PRESENTER
EDWARD F. WRIGHT, D.D.S., M.S., is an assistant professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center–San Antonio. He completed a 1-year general dentistry residency, a 2-year TMJ and Craniofacial Pain Fellowship, and a 2-year TMD research fellowship. He is the Course Director for the dental school's TMD Course, Occlusion and TMD Course, Dental Anatomy and Occlusion Course, and Module Director for their stabilization appliance rotation. Dr. Wright is the primary author of 24 journal articles, author of the textbook "Manual of Temporomandibular Disorders," and Diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain.

TIME
Check-in & Breakfast: D.S. Cafeteria, 8:00 AM
Program: Friday, 9:00 AM-5:00 PM

LOCATION
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Dental School

TUITION
Individual: $229.50
TMD Textbook: $65.00 (optional)

CREDIT (Course Code:124368A)
AGD Code: 180 Hours: 7

IMPORTANT COURSE INFORMATION:
Participants must bring to the course a splint they currently provide for their patients or one they would like to learn to provide that is fabricated to either their maxillary or mandibular arch. The splint may be fabricated from acrylic, soft thermoplastic mouthguard material, or any intermediate material (Flexite, Bruxeze, hard/soft laminated material, etc.). NTI appliances are not recommended and should not be brought.

Participants must also bring a long shank acrylic bur and a long shank #6 or #8 round bur. If he or she brings a splint made from soft thermoplastic mouthguard material, the participant must also bring the cast it was molded over and an alcohol torch.