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TRIAGING TMD & OROFACIAL PAIN - COMPLEX BUT NOT COMPLICATED

Sarah Beach & Tim King

There are 3 things every healthcare professional needs to know about TMJ & facial pain. In this FB Live, Tim & Sarah share:

1. How to differentiate between muscle pain and joint pain, and the simple advice that can help your patients

2. How to cut through the incredible confusion around TMJ pain presentations.

3. How to use a clear process of elimination, asking the right questions and paying attention to detail.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Sarah Beach & Timothy King are two clinicians from different disciplines who collaborated to find better outcomes for patients suffering TMD and orofacial pain. After years of combined research and integrating the FNFT technique into a dental and myofunctional practice protocol, Sarah and Tim are sharing these simple protocols with others.

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As health care professionals, we have traditionally been ‘very high on intervention and low on interaction’. Most cases of TMD will respond positively when incorporating some form of functional muscle retraining.

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A patient presenting with ACUTE TMD will have dull, generalised facial pain, with no inflammation in the temporomandibular joint.

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In most cases of CHRONIC TMD (>12 months), there will be some degree of psychological and/or social perpetuating factors.

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