Current management of disorders of the temporomandibular joint

Thursday 25 October 2012

Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE

Online registration for this meeting is now closed but spaces are still available on the day. Please register at the RSM at 8.45 am on the day or contact the co-ordinator on 020 7290 2985 for more information.

This meeting will allow delegates to keep up to date with the current management of disorders of the TMJ, to see the best approaches to imaging for different conditions of the TMJ, the specific problems faced in the management of children with TMJ problems, and finally to assess the best surgical approaches to take in treating patients with TMJ disorders.

At the end of the meeting the delegates will:
1. Have an insight into current research in TMJ replacement surgery.
2. Be able to give an overview of the management of all types of TMJ related pathologies
3. Be able to describe the current surgical techniques used in patients with TMJ disorders
4. Be able to have a logical approach to the management of patients with failed surgical TMJ problems
5. Have an insight into the difficulties faced in setting up a TMJ service.



8.45 am

Registration and coffee

9.15 am

TMJ biology and rationale for surgical management
Professor Gerhard Undt, Professor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Clinic for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

10.00 am

Imaging for patient with disorders of the TMJ
Dr Kevin Lotzof, Consultant Radiologist, Barnet General Hospital

10.30 am

Management of paediatric TMJ disorders
Mr Peter Ayliffe, Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital

11.00 am

Questions and panel discussion

11.15 am

Coffee

11.45 am

Non surgical management of patients with musculoskeletal facial pain
Professor Joanna Zakrzewska, Consultant, Eastman Dental Hospital, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust

12.15 pm

Minimally invasive approaches to the TMJ: What works, what doesn't?
Professor Gerhard Undt, Professor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Clinic for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

12.45 pm

Questions and panel discussion

1.00 pm

Lunch

1.45 pm

Open TMJ surgery, indications, techniques and complications
Mr Robert Hensher, Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, London

Panel discussion

2.15 pm

Managing the failed TMJ surgical patient

2.45 pm

Current UK experience in TMJ replacement surgery
Mr Andrew Sidebottom, Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

3.15 pm

Panel discussion

4.00 pm

Tea

Trainee short papers

4.30 pm

Audit of adequacy of TMJ documentation and data collection at a regional maxillofacial unit
Mr Karim Kassam, Maxillofacial Specialist Registrar, Northwest London Hospitals

Congenital temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis: Diagnosis and management
Mr Ryan Chin-Taw Cheong, Final Year Medical Student, Imperial College London

5.00 pm

Close of meeting

Meeting ref: MXD01

CPD (Applied for)


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