This course aims to help dentists feel more confident discussing these issues and supporting their patients through the challenges of bruxism and disordered sleep. Both are areas that can be significant for patient wellbeing yet can be difficult to source good quality information about. Attendees may choose to attend one or both days. All day two participants will receive a Somguage – courtesy of SomnoMed

Learning outcomes

Day 1 Dental Sleep Medicine This component of the presentation will include: 1. Sleep disordered breathing and the impact to a patient’s health. 2. Sleep study interpretation from a dentist’s perspective. 3. Treatment of sleep disordered breathing. 4. Patient selection criteria. 5. Protocol for the treatment and management of a patient with the use of a mandibular advancement device. The aim of this unit of presentation is to provide a good background in the diagnosis and management of this patient group. Bruxism This component of the presentation will include: 1. Is bruxism pathological or protective? 2. Bruxism- current considerations in clinical practice. 3. Management of bruxism. The aim of this unit of presentation is to consider the role of bruxism in clinical dental practice and the currently held evidence-based view of bruxism. Day 2 Temporomandibular Disorders This component of the presentation will include: 1. The diagnosis of temporomandibular disorders- including clinical and imaging factors 2. Considerations when treating a patient with a temporomandibular disorder- particularly selection of the patient that should be referred. 3. Occlusal splints- is there such a thing as the “best splint”. 4. Alternative or additional treatments for a patient with a temporomandibular disorder. The aim of this unit of presentation is to consider the diagnosis and management of temporomandibular disorders in clinical dental practice and the currently held evidence-based view of this condition. Part of this presentation is designed to consider additional treatment recommendations when the occlusal splint fails to stop the pain. Oro-Facial Pain This component of the presentation will include: 1. A differential diagnosis of Orofacial pain- Things to consider. 2. Treatment recommendations for these conditions The aim of this unit of presentation is to provide a good background in the diagnosis and management of pain in your patients, particularly when the pain is non-odontogenic.

Speaker

Associate Professor Michael Stubbs MBBS, FRACP, MD

A/Professor Stubbs is the clinical editor for the international dental magazine ‘Australasian Dentist.’ Michael lectures both nationally and internationally in the field of Oral Medicine which includes Dental sleep medicine; Oral and-Facial pain including temporomandibular disorders; Oral mucosal and jaw disease. He teaches at Latrobe University, Rural Dental School of Health, Bendigo and runs his own private specialist practice. Michael completed his Bachelor of Dental Surgery in 1989 (University of Adelaide), and has both specialist Masters degrees in Oral Pathology 1998 (University Adelaide) and Oral Medicine (University Melbourne) 2002, and holds a Fellowship from the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons in General Dentistry and Oral Medicine.