OHI-S Evidence-based treatment of temporomandibular disorders

8 lessons + 1 free (16h 19min)

A course for practicing dentists, who want to treat temporomandibular disorders according to scientifically proven protocols and not base their treatment on a specific concept.

The new course “Evidence-Based Treatment of of temporomandibular disorders” will present the 2022 protocols for diagnosis and treatment of this pathology.

The course is created by leading gnatologists, prosthodontists, orthodontists, and maxillofacial surgeons. You will learn about:

– Splint therapy

– Minimally invasive and invasive temporomandibular joint surgery (from arthrocentesis to TMJ prosthesis)

– Pharmacotherapy

– Physiotherapy

– Psychotherapeutic treatment.

The OHI‑S Evidence‑Based Treatment of Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD) course is best for prosthodontists, oral surgeons, orthodontists, and general dentists who want structured, training in the diagnosis and management of TMD using scientifically validated protocols. It emphasizes conservative, interdisciplinary, and evidence‑based approaches to improve patient outcomes.

Who Should Enroll
Prosthodontists managing occlusal rehabilitation and complex restorative cases involving TMJ function.
Oral & maxillofacial surgeons treating surgical cases of TMD and integrating evidence‑based non‑surgical protocols.
Orthodontists incorporating TMJ considerations into orthodontic treatment planning.
General dentists encountering patients with TMD symptoms in daily practice who want predictable management strategies.
Residents & fellows in prosthodontics, oral surgery, or orthodontics seeking structured training in TMD care.
Physical therapists & allied professionals collaborating in interdisciplinary management of TMD.
What You’ll Learn
Evidence‑based diagnostic protocols: clinical examination, imaging, and functional assessment.
Treatment strategies: conservative therapies (splints, physiotherapy, behavioral approaches) and when to escalate care.
Interdisciplinary management: collaboration between dentistry, surgery, and allied health professionals.
Occlusal considerations: role of centric relation, bite stability, and restorative planning in TMD.
Case‑based lessons: real examples demonstrating successful evidence‑based treatment of TMD.

 

+ Topics:

Lesson 1.New perspective in the treatment of TMD: minimally invasive and invasive methods. Introductory lesson

– Anatomy of TMJ

– TMD: diagnostic difficulties

– Types of TMD treatment methods

– Minimally invasive treatments:

– arthrocentesis: indications and methodology

– arthroscopy

– botulinum toxin: indications and technique.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Lesson 2.New perspective in the treatment of TMD: minimally invasive and invasive methods

– Anatomy of TMJ

– TMD: diagnostic difficulties

– Types of TMD treatment methods

– Minimally invasive treatments:

– arthrocentesis: indications and methodology

– arthroscopy

– botulinum toxin: indications and technique.

– The effectiveness of hyaluronic acid using in the TMD treatment

– Invasive surgical treatments:

– articular (meniscectomy, eminectomy, condyloplasty, prosthetic replacement)

– non-articular (hyper development of the coronoid process, eagle syndrome, facial asymmetry).

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Lesson 3.Сlinical TMD diagnosis

– TMD: definition and epidemiology

– Evaluation of risk factors in the development of TMD

– Micro and macrotrauma in the development of TMD: bruxism, overextension

– The role of central nervous system in the development of TMD

– Psychosocial factors in the development of TMD

– Psychosocial profile of the patient

– Anatomical factors in the development of TMD: occlusal disharmony, abnormal condylar position and mandible

– Screening tools for TMD

– Standardized clinical examination.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Lesson 4.Psychosocial considerations when diagnosing and managing orofacial pain, headaches and TMD

– History of the medical community’s view of the role of psychology and emotion in the management of chronic pain

– Procedures and attitudes which considers the complex relationship of psychological and biomedical factors

– Specific techniques which deal with the psychological component of the pain pattern

– Identification and integration of biological and psychological aspects of pain

– Description of the biomedical and psychosocial models

– History of the biopsychosocial model

– The importance of psychological aspects in the treatment of patients with chronic pain

– Current state of the biopsychosocial model in pain management concepts

– Techniques to address the psychological aspects for the dentist

– Critical processes to make a referral without causing anger and without suggesting the patient’s pain is psychosomatic.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Lesson 5.The evidence-based protocol for management of patients with signs and symptoms of TMJ dysfunction in orthodontic and orthopedic practice

– TMD: symptoms, clinical signs, X-ray

– “Occlusion — TMJ — Orthodontics”: the history of the old paradigm

– The development of an evidence-based new paradigm

– Сlinical and radiological markers of hidden joint pathologies

– The effect of TMJ arthrosis on the growth and jaw stability

– Radiological markers of asymptomatic joint disease

– The influence of joint pathology during jaw growth

– The genesis of open bite, asymmetries, and crossbite

– Tips to avoid relapse after orthodontics-orthognatic surgery

– Asymmetric prognathism: diagnostics.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Lesson 6.Mythbusting in functional dentistry

– The evolution of CR over time

– Condylar position: norm and pathology

– Centric relation: mechanically thinking vs biologically thinking

– Occlusal interferences: what does that mean?

– Vertical dimension variation without affecting the intermaxillary relationship

– Hinge axis: facts or fictions

– Jaw deprograming: techniques

– Factors of occlusal stability

– Understanding occlusal instability.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Lesson 7.Protocols for the TMD treatment: splint therapy, physiotherapy, pharmacotherapy

– Management according to the patient-centered principles

– Evaluation of bio-psycho-social domain

– Stepped care model

– Principles of cognitive and behavioral therapy

– Protocols of home exercises

– Placebo effect in the treatment of TMD

– Oral appliances. Management of the occlusal splint

– Management of TMD before or during orthodontic/dental treatment

– Indication of surgical treatment.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Lesson 8.Temporomandibular joint disorders. Сlassifications and risk factors

– TMD definitions and classifications

– Etiology of TMD

– Signs and symptoms of TMD

– Temporomandibular joint disorders

– Normal disc relations and disc derangements:

– Disc displacement with reduction

– Disc displacement without reduction.

– Somatization and somatoform disorders

– Оrofacial pain: сluster analysis

– Modeling, remodeling and adaptation of TMJ

– Osteoarthritis

– Masticatory muscle disorders

– Masticatory muscle pain

– Risk factors – correlation versus etiologic predictability, occlusal risk factors.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.

Lesson 9.Management of Temporomandibular disorders

– Management of patients with TMD

– Diagnosis DC/TMD: modern approach

– Methods of TMD treatment:

– Physical therapy

– Medication

– Behavior modification

– Occlusal splint therapy

– Surface electromyography and controversies

– Occlusal adjustment.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.