Asa Dental Educational

The Program

• The foundations of Evidence-Based dentistry: what it can and cannot offer

• A pondered reading of the literature on TMDs: a mirror of the clinic

• A pondered reading of the literature on bruxism: a mirror of the clinic

• Clinical evidence vs scientific evidence

How to avoid, prevent, and manage sleep disorders.

Sleep disorders in dentistry have an important relevance, particularly as far as bruxism and the syndrome of apnea disorders that disturb sleep are concerned.
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and habitual and chronic snoring as its clinically relevant symptom and often as the initial phase of a disorder that tends to worsen in time, constitute an increasingly important medical and social issue in the medical-scientific community. OSAS per se constitutes a risk factor for cardio- and cerebral-vascular conditions and for arterial hypertension, and as such, it must be diagnosed and possibly treated in the most suitable manner for each individual patient. Among the useful therapies, in recent years endoral orthodontic appliances have attained key importance as a mechanical measure suitable for treating patients affected by OSA of a non-serious nature or who cannot tolerate nighttime mechanical ventilators (such as the CPAP) or who choose a type of non-invasive treatment to eliminate even just the snoring.

The Program

• Anatomy of TMJ articulation: “gnathologic” implications

• TMJ articulation imaging

• Correlation between imaging and clinical symptoms

• The effective prescription: when “seeing” changes the treatment plan

The Program

• General concepts of dental sleep medicine (Prof. Manfredini)

• Bruxism in 2018: “disorder” or “behavior”? (Prof. Lobbezoo)

• Management of dental wear in the dental studio (Prof. Wetselaar)

• Mandibular advancement devices (MAD) from research to practice (Prof. Aarab)

• The orthodontist and apnea in the young patient (Prof. Segù)

• Sleep apnea: what dentists should learn from other specializations (Prof. Guarda/Marchese)

The Program

• Centric relation and prosthetic therapies: when is it useful?

• Centric relation and interdisciplinary treatment plans: when it can be useful to consider it

• Centric relation and “hinge axis”: it does not rotate “and yet it moves” in a useful way

• A possible interpretation of mandibular dynamics when the maxillo-mandibular relation on an articular level is detected

The Program

• The foundations of Evidence-Based dentistry: what it can and cannot offer

• A pondered reading of the literature on TMDs: a mirror of the clinic

• A pondered reading of the literature on bruxism: a mirror of the clinic

• Clinical evidence vs scientific evidence