“New Frontiers in Orofacial Pain, Headache and Sleep: From The Bench to Clinical Care”

For full information on this meeting, hotel accommodations and
to register online please visit aaop.org

April 28^th– May 1^st, 2022

Westin Waterfront
425 Summer Street
Boston, MA 02210
(617) 532-4600

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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Pre-Conference Workshops – (Additional Registration Required)

Thursday, April 28, 2022

9:00 AM-4:00 PM

1. Orofacial Pain and TMD: A Foundation for Diagnosis and Management– Jeffrey

Okeson, DMD

1. How Strong is The Evidence You Use in Clinical Practice? Moderator: Corine Visscher,

PT, MSc, PhD, CCTT

Morning: Critical Appraisal of Literature (Lecture and Workshop) – Corine Visscher, PT,

MSc, PhD, CCTT

Afternoon: Evidence-Based PT Strategies for Headache and TMD (Lecture and Workshop)

Hedwig van der Meer, PT MSc, PhD ©

Afternoon: Measuring Physical and Emotional Health: The Missing Pieces for

Comprehensive Pain Management (Lecture and Workshop)- Garrett Naze, PT, DPT, OCS,

FAAOMPT, PhD ©

III. Lunch Time Pre-Conference: Complementary and Alternative Approaches in

Orofacial Pain and Sleep Management – Paul Durham, MS, PhD

1. Procedural and Non-Interventional Management in Orofacial Pain and Headache –

Donald Tanenbaum, DDS, MPH, Shruti Handa, DMD, BDS, and James Hawkins, DDS, MS

AAOP Council Meeting

MAIN PROGRAM

Friday, April 29, 2022

7:00– 8:00 am

Breakfast Sessions – (Additional Registration Required)

Breakfast Session 1– Key Points in the Neurological Examination for the Headache and Orofacial

Pain Patient – Jan Hoffmann, MD, PhD

Breakfast Session 2 – Small Fiber Neuropathy in Chronic Pain Patients– Anne Louise Oaklander,

MD, PhD

Breakfast Session 3 – Understanding the Polysomnogram- John Dobrowski, MD

7:30-8:00 am

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors

8:00-5:00 pm

Dental Assistants & Auxiliary Course

Catalina Morarasu, DDS, PhD, MS

8:00-8:30 am Welcome Remarks and Meeting Opening & Presentation of New Fellows &

Introduction of New Members

PLENARY SESSIONS:

Session 1: Future of Pain Medicine

8:30-9:15 am – Plenary 1

The Specialty of Orofacial Pain: An Evolutionary Journey- Jeffrey Okeson, DMD, & Richard

Ohrbach, DDS, PhD

9:15 am-10:00 am – Plenary 2

Diagnostic Pearls and Pitfalls in Orofacial Pain: Grand Rounds – Rafael Benoliel, DDS, PhD

10:00-10:15 am Break with Exhibitors & Posters

10:15 – 11:00am– Plenary 3

Evidence-Based Advancements in TMD Management- Gary Klasser, DMD

11:00-11:15 pm

Panel Discussion

11:15-12:00 pm – Plenary 4

The Importance of The Nervous System-Digestive System Connection in OFP – Paul Durham, MS,

PhD

12:00-1:15 pm

Lunch on Your Own

or;

Lunch & Learns (Additional Registration Required)

Lunch & Learn 1 – Key Points to the ENT Examination for a Patient with Sleep Apnea- Noah

Sigel, MD

Lunch & Learn 2 – TMD Cases: Expert Panel Discussion- Moderator, Jeffrey S. Mannheimer, PT, Ph.D, CODN, CCTT. Panelists: Charles Carlson, PhD, ABPP, Jeffrey Crandall, DDS and Shaun O’Connor, PT, DPT, CCTT

Panelists: Charles Carlson, PhD, ABPP, Jeffrey Crandall, DDS and Shaun O’Connnor, PT, DPT, CCTT

Lunch & Learn 3- Neuroimaging for OFP – Paul Caruso, MD

12:00-1:15 pm

Residents & Recent Grads Luncheon

1:15-2:00 pm – Plenary 5

The Brain Circuitry Supporting Pain Catastrophizing in Chronic Pain: A Functional MRI

Approach- Vitaly Napadow, PhD

2:00-2:30 pm – Plenary 6

Trainee Forum

Panel Discussion 2:30 pm- 2:45 pm

2:45-3:00 pm

Break with Exhibitors & Posters

Session 2A: Temporomandibular Disorders: New Insights in Interventional Therapies

3:00-3:45 Plenary 7

Management of the ICR vs JRA in The Pediatric and Adult Patient- Leonard Kaban, MD, DMD

3:45-4:30 Plenary 8

Platelet-Rich Plasma and Stem Cell Therapy in The Management of TMDAntonia

Teruel Castellon, DMD, MS, PhD

4:30-5:15 Plenary 9

Minimally Invasive TMJ Arthroscopic Surgery–

Joseph McCain, DMD

5:15—5:30 pm

Panel Discussion

5:30 -5:45 pm

AAOP General Membership Meeting

5:45-6:-00 pm

New Members and Fellows Orientation

6:15-9:30 pm

Presidents Reception

Saturday, April 30, 2022

7:00-8:00 am

Breakfast Sessions – (Additional Registration Required)

Breakfast Session 4– Nutrition Guidelines for the Patient with TMD/OFP-Paul Durham, MS, PhD

Breakfast Session 5 – Billing/Practice Management – Sherwin Arman, DMD, MPH

Breakfast Session 6 – Cervicogenic Headache: Examination, Diagnosis and Management – Michael

Karegeannes, PT, MHSc, LAT, MTC, CFC, CCTT, CMTPT

7:30-8:00 am

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors & Posters

8:00-5:00 pm

Dental Assistants & Auxiliary Course

Session 2B: Temporomandibular Disorders: New Insights in Interventional Therapies

8:00-8:45 am – Plenary 10

Psychosocial Assessment in Clinical Practice– Corine Visscher, PT, MSc, PhD, CCTT

8:45-9:30 am – Plenary 11

Clinical Reasoning and Decision Making in The Management of Patients with Myofascial Pain–

Michelle Finnegan, PT, DPT, OCS, MTC, CMTPT, CCTT, FAAOMPT

9:30-9:45 am

Panel Discussion

9:45-10:00 am

Break with Exhibitors & Posters

Session 3: Headache Disorders: New Insights in Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management

10:00-10:45 am – Plenary 12

Migraine Pathophysiology and New Pharmacological Approaches in Headache Medicine– Andy

Charles, MD, FAHS

10:45-11:30am – Plenary 13

Co-Morbidity of Migraine and Temporomandibular Disorders: From the Clinical Side to The

Bench- Simon Akerman, PhD, FAHS

11:30-12:15 – Plenary 14

Headache Management in The Orofacial Pain Setting – Marcela Romero Reyes, DDS. PhD, FAHS

12:15-1:30 pm

Lunch on Your Own

Or

Lunch and Learns (Additional Registration Required)

Lunch & Learn 4 – Management of the Symptomatic TMJ Post-Surgical Patient – David Keith,

BDS, DMD

Lunch & Learn 5 – Better Together: Dry Needling and Pain Neuroscience Education In Orofacial

Pain – Michelle Finnegan, PT, DPT, OCS, MTC, CMTPT, CCTT, FAAOMPT

Lunch & Learn 6 – Clinical Insights for the Treatment Planning of the Patient with TMD and

Orofacial Pain – Mariela Padilla, DDS, M.Ed

1:30-2:15 pm – Plenary 15

Red flags and Diagnostic Pearls and Pitfalls in Headache Disorders: Clinical Case-Based Session-

Jan Hoffmann, MD, PhD

2:15-2:30 pm – Panel Discussion

Session 4: Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain: New Insights in Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management

2:30-3:15 pm – Plenary 16

Understanding Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain: Persistent Non-Odontogenic Tooth Pain – Donald

Nixdorf, DDS, MS

3:15-3:30 pm

Break with Exhibitors & Posters

3:30-4:15 pm – Plenary 17

Current Pharmacological and Interventional Approaches for the Management of Trigeminal

Neuralgia and other Cranial Neuralgias– Paul Mathew, MD, FAHS

4:15-5:00 pm – Plenary 18

Neurosurgical Management of Trigeminal Neuralgia – Jeffrey Schweitzer, MD

5:00-5:15 pm – Panel Discussion

Sunday, May 1, 2022

8:00am-8:30am

Continental Breakfast

8:30-9:00 am

AAOP Poster Winners

Session 5: Sleep: New Insights in Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management.

9:00-9:45 am – Plenary 19

Sleep Deficiency and Chronic Pain: Potential Underlying Mechanisms and Clinical Implications-

Monika Haack, PhD

9:45-10:30 am – Plenary 20

Sleep Pathophysiology and the Role of Orthognathic Surgery in the Treatment of Sleep Apnea –

Edward Lahey, MD, DDS, OMFS

10:30-11:15 am – Plenary 21

Phenotyping for OSA and Role of Hypoglossal Stimulation – Phillip Huyett, MD, MGH

11:15-12:00 pm – Plenary 22

Diagnostic Pearls and Pitfalls in Dental Sleep Medicine: Clinical Case-Based Session– Amrittej Virk,

BDS, DMD

12:00-12:15pm

Panel Discussion

12:15 pm – 12:30pm

Closing Remarks and Preview of 2023 Program

The American Academy of Orofacial Pain is a Nationally Approved PACE Program Provider for

FAGD/MAGD credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by any regulatory authority or AGD

endorsement. Current Term 1/1/2015 – 12/31/2021. Provider AGD ID # 218197

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Total credit educational hours being offered at this conference are 27.5 (including core

conference, preconference workshops, breakfast forums & lunch sessions). The core conference

offers 17.0 CE hours. Each preconference offers an additional 6 CE hours, each breakfast forum

provides 1 CE hour and each Lunch and Learn provides 1.25 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 registration.