Temporomandibular Disorders and Sleep-Disordered Breathing

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Credits 0.5. 0.5 Lecture Hours. Understanding the classifications, etiology, diagnostic process, and evidence based therapeutic options for temporomandibular disorders; review of relevant anatomy as well as the functional aspects of the masticatory system to better appreciate normal versus abnormal function; emphasis on the biopsychosocial model of pain diagnosis and management; exploration of sleep and sleep disorders as they pertain to the dental practitioner; role of the dentist in identifying and screening for sleep disorders as well as therapies for sleep disordered breathing; mandatory rotation for observation in the Clinical Center for Facial Pain and Sleep Medicine at the College of Dentistry. Prerequisite: Third year classification in dentistry.