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42nd SCIENTIFIC MEETING
Chicago Hilton Palmer House, Chicago IL
For full information on this meeting, hotel accommodations and to register online please visit www.aaop.org
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM OVERVIEW
AAOP 2018
Evidence Based Treatment for Orofacial Pain: Consensus or Controversy
Pre-Conference Workshops – (Additional Registration Required)
Thursday, April 26, 2018
9:00 AM-4:00 PM
I.Clinical Reasoning for Manual Therapy in Temporomandibular Pain Disorders: An Evidence-Based Approach – Cesar Fernandez de las Penas, PT, DO, PhD Adams Room
II. Sleep and Pain Monroe Room
Elmer Villalon, DMD; Steven Bender, DDS, FAAOP, FAHS, FACD; Paul Grin, DDS, MPH; Andrew Smith, DDS; Davis Thomas, BDS, DDS, MSD
III. The Economics of Running an Orofacial Pain Practice – Chicago Room
James Fricton, DDS, MS & Joseph R. Cohen, DDS
AAOP Committee Meetings
AAOP Council Meeting
MAIN PROGRAM
Friday, April 27, 2018
7:00– 8:00 am
Breakfast Sessions – (Additional Registration Required)
Breakfast Session 1- Adams Room
How to Achieve Success with Worker’s Compensation Cases – Greg Goddard, DDS
Breakfast Session 2 – Monroe Room
An Orthodontist’s Perspective in Treating TMD – Prasanna Kumar Shivapuja, BDS, MDS, DDS, MS
Breakfast Session 3 – Chicago Room
How to Maximize Medical Coverage and Accelerate Reimbursement – Randy Curran
7:30-8:00 am - Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors Exhibit Hall
8:00-5:00 pm
Dental Assistants & Auxiliary Course Water Tower Parlor
Catalina S. Morarasu, DDS, PhD, MS – Program Coordinator
8:00-8:15 am
Welcome Remarks Grand Ballroom
Ghabi Kaspo, DDS AAOP President; Jeffry Shaefer, DDS, MS, MPH 2018 Program Chair, Rick Borquez, DDS 2018 Co-Program Chair
8:15-8:30 am
Presentation of New Fellows & Introduction of New Members – Grand Ballroom
Nojan Bakhtiari, DDS & Richard Townsend, DMD, MS - AAOP Membership Chairs
PLENARY SESSIONS:
8:30-9:15 am – Plenary 1 Grand Ballroom
Keynote Presentation: Nerve Testing to Determine Treatment Expectations in Neuropathic Pain - John Zuniga, DDS, MS
9:15 am-10:00 am – Plenary 2 Grand Ballroom
Controversies in the TMJ Splint Therapy: Intra-Articular Pressures, Bite Force, and Splint Design - Harold Menchel, DMD
10:00-10:30 am Break with Exhibitors & Posters Exhibit Hall
10:30 – 11:15 am– Plenary 3 Grand Ballroom
The Critical Evaluation of Chronic Myalgia - Glenn Clark, DDS, MS
11:15-12:00 pm – Plenary 4 Grand Ballroom
Pain Pharmacology: Opioids, NMDA Receptor Antagonists, and Sleep Medicines – Steven Richeimer, MD
12:00-12:15 pm
Panel Discussion with Moderator Dr. Eric Schiffman Grand Ballroom
12:15-1:20 pm
Lunch on Your Own
or;
Lunch & Learns (Additional Registration Required)
Lunch & Learn 1 – Adams Room
Occlusion TMD, Orofacial Pain: Inter & Multidisciplinary Considerations - Michael Racich, DMD
Lunch & Learn 2 – Monroe Room
Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block – Tian Xia, DO
Lunch and Learn 3 – Chicago Room
Assessment and Management of the Dizzy Patient in Dental Practice - Timothy Gibbs, PT, CCTT
Residents & Recent Grads Luncheon
1:30-2:20 pm – Plenary 5 Grand Ballroom
New Translational Perspectives for The Standard of Care in Orofacial Pain
– Marcela Romero-Reyes, DDS, PhD
2:20-3:20 Plenary 6 Grand Ballroom
Orofacial Pain Disorders: Prospects of Alignment With Trends in Precision Medicine - Christian Stohler, DDS, PHD
3:20-3:45 pm - Break with Exhibitors & Posters Exhibit Hall
3:45-4:40 Plenary 7 Grand Ballroom
Myofascial Pain in The Head: To Needle or Not to Needle - Cesar Fernandez de las Penas, PT, DO, PhD
4:40—5:00 pm Grand Ballroom
Panel Discussion with Moderator Dr. James Fricton, DDS, MS
5:00 -5:45 pm - AAOP General Membership Meeting Grand Ballroom
5:45-6:00 pm - New Members and Fellow Orientation Grand Ballroom
6:00-9:00 pm - Presidents Reception Empire Room
Saturday, April 28, 2018
7:00-8:00 am
Breakfast Sessions – (Additional Registration Required)
Breakfast Session 4 – Adams Room
Headache Case Studies – Richard Hirschinger, DDS, MBA
Breakfast Session 5 – Monroe Room
Swallowing, Hyoid Function and Airway – Ronald Auvenshine, DDS, PhD
Breakfast Session 6 – Chicago Room
Practice Pearls for Patients with Sleep Disorders- Davis Thomas, BDS, DDS, MSD, MSc Med
7:30-8:00 am - Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors & Posters Exhibit Hall
8:05-8:20 am Grand Ballroom
Welcome Remarks and Awards – Ghabi Kaspo, DDS AAOP President
Tribute to David Keith, BDS, FDSRCS, DMD
8:20-9:10 am – Plenary 8 Grand Ballroom
Anesthesia: Nerve Blocks for The Treatment of Orofacial Pain – Tara Renton, BDS, PhD
9:10-9:55 am – Plenary 9 Grand Ballroom
What Does PSG Tell Us About Sleep Apnea Morbidity and Disease Prognosis that the AHI Cannot – Ali Azarbarzin, PhD
9:55 -10:20 am - Break with Exhibitors & Posters Exhibit Hall
10:20-11:00 am – Plenary 10 Grand Ballroom
Predicting Responders to Mandibular Advancement Splints: From the Physiological Laboratory to the Clinical Setting - Ali Azarbarzin, PhD
11:00 am-11:55am – Plenary 11 Grand Ballroom
Radiographic Imaging for Orofacial Pain & Sleep-Disordered Breathing
– Dania Tamimi, BDS, DMSc
11:55-12:15 pm - Panel Discussion with Moderator Gary Klasser, DMD Grand Ballroom
12:15-1:20pm
Lunch on Your Own
Or
Lunch and Learns (Additional Registration Required)
Lunch & Learn 4 – Adams Room
Alternative treatments for Opioid therapy: Cannabis Options – Lori Reisner, PharmaD
Lunch & Learn 5 – Monore Room
Medicare Billing for the OFP Provider – Lesia Crawford
Lunch and Learn 6 – Chicago Room
Botulinum Toxin for Management of Refractory Masticatory Muscle Pain: Efficacy, Safety and Technique – Khawaja S Nasir, BDS, MSc
1:30-2:30pm – Plenary 12 Grand Ballroom
Management of the TMD/Neuropathic Pain Patient with Medications – Lori Reisner, PharmaD
2:30-3:30 pm – Plenary 13 Grand Ballroom
Empowering your Patient via The Mind-Body Connection and The Epidemiology of TMD Pain: Further Perspectives from OPPERA – Richard Ohrbach, DDS, PhD
3:30-4:00 pm - Break with Exhibitors & Posters Exhibit Hall
4:00-5:00 pm – Plenary 14 Grand Ballroom
The Pathophysiology of Chronic Pain: Treatment Modalities for The Patient with CRPS - Jay Joshi, MD
5:00-5:20 pm – Panel Discussion with Moderator Jeffrey Okeson, DMD Grand Ballroom
Sunday, April 29, 2018
8:00am-8:30am - Continental Breakfast State Room
8:30-9:00 am - AAOP Sponsored Research Grand Ballroom
Presenter 1: Guided Music Listening: A Promising Approach for the Treatment of Orofacial Pain Due to Temporomandibular Disorders. Iacopo Cioffi, DDS, PhD
Presenter 2: Therapeutic Potential of Non-Psychoactive Cannabinoids in Dental Pain -
Dr. Elan Laks
9:00-9:45 am – Plenary 15 Grand Ballroom
Upper Cervical Spine and Patient & Provider Expectations on Autonomic Nervous System Function- Mark Bishop, PT, PhD
9:45-10:30 am – Plenary 16 Grand Ballroom
Brain as a Therapeutic Target in TMD/Orofacial Pain - The Next Frontier in Precision Pain Medicine as Health Technology Alexander DaSilva, DDS, DMedSc
10:30-12:00 pm – Plenary 17 Grand Ballroom
Novel Approaches to the Management of Daytime Bruxism and Facial Pain- Joseph Alamat, DDS, MD, MS
12:00 pm - Closing Remarks and Preview of 2019 Program Grand Ballroom
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The American Academy of Orofacial Pain is designated as an Approved PACE Program Provider by the Academy of General Dentistry. The formal continuing dental education programs of this program provider are accepted by AGD for Fellowship/Mastership and membership maintenance credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by a state or provincial board of dentistry, or AGD endorsement. The current term of approval extends from1/1/2015 – 12/31/2018.
Total credit educational hours being offered at this conference are 26.25 (including core conference, preconference workshops, breakfast forums & lunch sessions). The core conference offers 15.25 CE hours. Each preconference provides an additional 6 CE hours, each breakfast forum provides 1 CE hour and each Lunch and Learn provides 1.5 CE hours. Each attendee should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the education. Workshops, breakfast & lunch sessions all require additional registrati