TMD and Orofacial Pain

Catalog description

Orofacial pain and temporomandibular disorders are common reasons for the patient to seek consultation with dental professionals. Diagnosis and management of these disorders have historically been fraught with misdiagnosis and significant controversies in appropriate management. Although there is evidenced based literature on diagnosis and management of these disorders, there is also a significant literature which is not based on credible research. Therefore, it is essential to provide dental students with the appropriate basic science foundational knowledge, critical thinking, problem solving and learning skills to ultimately result in evidence-based patient care and management strategies. Additionally, the dental students must develop attitudes and behaviors that ultimately result in proper management of these patients who are often extremely difficult to treat due to the complexity of the disease process or previous misdiagnosis and mismanagement.