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Ready to strengthen your knowledge of temporomandibular disorders?

Join colleagues from across healthcare disciplines for AAOP’s TMD Education for Awareness and Management (TEAM) Course.

Gain practical skills, learn from leading experts, participate in hands-on training, and build confidence in diagnosing and managing patients with TMD.

Your patients deserve the best care. TEAM can help you deliver it.

Learn more and register: aaop.org/team-course

Jaw pain. Headaches. Limited opening. Clicking of popping sounds.

Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) affect millions of patients and can have a significant impact on quality of life.

Are you confident in recognizing and managing these conditions?

AAOP’s TMD Education for Awareness and Management (TEAM) Course provides evidence-based education and practical skills to help clinicians improve patient care. Learn more: aaop.org/team-course

The American Academy of Orofacial Pain would like to congratulate the editors of CRANIO on achieving a 6.0 CiteScore, which places the journal in the top 92nd percentile of publications!

CRANIO is the official journal of the AAOP, and this ranking is further recognition of the evidenced-based principles that guide our every day practice.

Congratulations again to .danielemanfredini and the rest of the editorial team!

This year’s meeting brought together expertise, thoughtful discussion, and a shared commitment to advancing patient care.

Thank you to every attendee, speaker, exhibitor, and sponsor who made this meeting such a success. The conversations started here will continue to shape the future of our field.

See you next year!

The countdown begins! Leading experts in Orofacial Pain are gathering in 1 week.
See you in Florida!

Headaches and facial pain management is evolving, and staying current is critical.

Join Dr. Dace Zvirbulis for this webinar where the following topics will be discussed:

• How to differentiate primary headache disorders from orofacial pain conditions
• How to select acute treatments
• How to implement preventative therapies
• How to integrate additional approaches to optimize care

1 CE credit will be awarded.
Learn more here: https://tinyurl.com/3pre8cpb

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Misdiagnosed and Overtreated: The Hidden Face of Orofacial Pain.

Non-odontogenic orofacial pain is one of the most frequently mismanaged conditions in clinical practice. When the pain mechanism goes unrecognized, patients often undergo unnecessary treatments without relief.

Join us on Wednesday, March 25th at 8:00pm EST for an in-depth lecture on navigating these diagnostic pitfalls.

Presenters: Areeg Elmusrati, DDS, MMedSci, PhD and Chinmayee Patil, DDS

Key Takeaways:

• How to differentiate odontogenic from non-odontogenic pain with precision.
• Strategies to identify centralized and trigeminal–autonomic processes.
• Evidence-based management, including SPG blocks and pharmacologic strategies.

Learn More: https://learn.aaop.org/products/challenges-in-treatment-of-non-odontogenic-pain

Join us for our third annual AAOP Research Committee Virtual 5k!
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