Monday, November 13, 2023

9:00 a.m. Welcome and introduction

• Applied anatomy of TMJ (Gerber)
• Clinical assessment, diagnosis, and management principles of TMJ disorders (Sidebottom)
• Imaging – Which and when? (Saeed)
• Minimally invasive surgery for TMJ disorders – Options and case selection (González-Garcia)

10:45 a.m. Coffee break    

• Access and instrumentation for minimally invasive TMJ surgery (González-Garcia)
• Consent and peri-operative management (McLeod)
• Practical 1: Arthrocentesis (All)

12:30 p.m. Lunch break

• Arthroscopic pathology (Sidebottom)
• Demonstration: Arthroscopic set up (González-Garcia)
• Practical 2: Level 1 arthroscopy (All)
• Advanced arthroscopic surgery of TMJ (González-Garcia)
• Open TMJ surgery (Saeed)
• TMJ replacement (Gerber)

4:20 p.m. Conclusions and closing remarks

Cancellation by course organizer

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