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RONALD AUVENSHINE, DDS, PhD
 
JEFFREY OKESON, DMD

A Clinical Update on the Management of
Temporomandibular Disorders and Orofacial Pain

This dual presentation will provide a review and update of the management of temporomandibular disorders, both myalgic and arthralgic, as well as other types of orofacial pain.  The review will highlight diagnostic, treatment and management considerations and will lively examine some of the controversies that exist today.  The role of occlusion in temporomandibular disorders will be fully addressed. Insights gained from years of experience of each speaker will be provided to assist the clinician in matching the appropriate treatment to the appropriate patients.  Other essentials for success will be discussed.

The following topics will be considered and debated:
•What the literature reveals regarding the role of occlusion and TMD;
•In what ways occlusal factors may affect muscle pain disorders different from intracapsular disorders;
•In what respects orthopedic instability may relate to TMD;
•The reasons an acute change in the occlusal condition may be associated with TMD;
•The efficacy of various treatment procedures;
•Basic orofacial pain differential diagnosis.


RON AUVENSHINE BIOGRAPHIC SKETCH: Ronald Auvenshine graduated from Emory University School of Dentistry in 1971. He holds a PhD in Human Anatomy from LSU Medical School, New Orleans, graduating in 1976.  He was a faculty member at LSU School of Dentistry from 1976-1978 and established the first TMD/Orofacial Pain Clinic at LSU Medical Center.  In 1978, he relocated to Houston and established a private practice focused on treating and managing patients with craniomandibular and other facial pain disorders.

From 1980 to 1998, Dr. Auvenshine was clinical associate professor in the Department of Orthodontics at the Univ. of Texas Dental Branch, Houston. He is an associate professor in the Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials at the UTDB.  He is a founding diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain and a past president of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain. He is founder and director of the Orofacial Pain Clinic at the Michael E. DeBakey V.A. Hospital in Houston.

The Houston Chapter of the Academy of General Dentistry nominated Dr. Auvenshine 2002 Texas Dentist of the Year. For 2005-2006 he was president of the Greater Houston Dental Society.  He is a member of the House of Delegates for the Texas Dental Association, and he served on the Council on Membership of the American Dental Association from 2005-2009.

JEFF OKESON BIOGRAPHIC SKETCH: Jeff Okeson is professor and chair of the Department of Oral Health Science at the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry.  He is also director of the college's Orofacial Pain Center which he established in 1977.

Dr. Okeson has received numerous awards for his teaching and service including the 2008 International Dentist of the Year Award from the Academy of Dentistry International, the highest award given by the Academy, in recognition of his worldwide efforts in providing education in the area of TMD and orofacial pain. In 2009 he received the Provost’s Distinguished Service Professorship at the University of Kentucky for his outstanding teaching and service efforts over the past 35 years.  He also received the American Academy of Orofacial Pain Service Award recognizing his continued efforts for the Academy and the field of orofacial pain.

Dr. Okeson is a past president of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain and the American Board of Orofacial Pain.  He has authored more than 220 publications, including two textbooks on TM disorders and orofacial pain that have been translated into eleven different languages and are used throughout the world.  He has presented more than 1,000 lectures on the subjects of TMD and orofacial pain in 47 different countries.