Webinar: The TMJ Foundation and Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders

Presenter: Mark Allan Piper, M.D., D.M.D.

We are so happy to have hosted this amazing free webinar! For those who missed this latest “Watch it Wednesday” live broadcast, we are excited to share with everyone this on-demand video which you can view below. Please bookmark our calendar or subscribe to our emails so you won’t miss any of our future educational events.

 

This presentation focuses on identifying patients with joint based airway distortion. Post-traumatic TMJ disc displacements may lead to secondary condylar osteochondral growth disturbances and osseous degeneration, resulting in a loss of ramus height and mandibular horizontal projection. Such patients may risk additional joint damage secondary to maxillomandibular advancement surgery and mandibular advancement devices. TMJ instability may be a direct contributor to a chronic relapse in skeletal, occlusal, and airway dimension.

Learning Objectives from this Dental Webinar:

• Learn how to utilize CBCT and MR imaging to assess the temporomandibular joint for damage that may result in a compromised oropharyngeal airway dimension and airway instability.
• Understand why the occlusion is altered with mandibular advancement appliances and why it may be unstable after MMA surgery.
• Incorporate the endoskeleton of the oropharyngeal vault into the assessment of decreased oropharyngeal airway dimension.

2022 International Airway Symposium

Join Dr. Piper and the ‘Stanford Sleep Team’ January 2022 in Clearwater Beach, FL.
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