15 April

15 APRIL (Monday). Main Program

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM HEAD AND NECK RADIOLOGISTS TO RESTORATIVE DENTISTS AND SURGEONS

07:00 – 07:50	Registration
07:50 – 08:00	Opening
Radiographic evaluation of the TMJ (Dr. Dania Tamimi, USA) Session moderator: Dr. Domingo Martin (Spain)
08:00 – 09:30	Session 1. TMJ normal anatomy and dysfunction on CBCT and MRI (Read more…)
	Understanding CBCT and MRI technology Visualizing Normal TMJ Anatomy on CBCT and MRI Diagnosing Internal Derangement and Degenerative joint disease radiographically
09:30 – 10:00	Coffee Break
10:00 – 11:30	Session 2. How TMJ dysfunction can affect the morphology of the face, the development of the upper respiratory tract and the occlusion (Read more…)
	Diagnosing Craniofacial asymmetry The mystery of the changing bite How the TMJ and Upper Respiratory tract are related to one another
11:30 – 11:50	Panel Discussion
11:50 – 13:00	Lunch
Reading of TMD signs in MRI images (Prof Dr. Adalsa Hernandez, Venezuela)
13:00 – 14:40	Session 3. Planning of MRI images acquisition related to clinical data and information obtained through the interrogation in patients with arthropathies that compromise the TMJ (Read more…)
	Basic considerations when acquisition of MRI images. Storage and management of the information recorded in the teaching file. Degenerative arthropathy of the articular disc: perforation of the articular disc. Imaging interpretation of some inflammatory arthropathies: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Lecture in Spanish (simultaneous translation to English)
14:30 – 15:00	Coffee break
15:00 – 16:30	Session 4. Planning of MRI images acquisition related to clinical data and information obtained through the interrogation in patients with arthropathies that compromise the TMJ (cont.) (Read more…)
	Arthropathies of traumatic origin that compromise TMJ structures: hemarthrosis, ankylosis, calcification of the articular disc. Malformative arthropathies: congenital or acquired, such as biphid condyle, accessory condyle. Neoformative arthropathies, whether cystic or tumoral. Considerations on imaging findings in the Diagnosis of Temporomandibular Dysfunction. Lecture in Spanish (simultaneous translation to English)
16:30 – 16:40	Panel Discussion
16:40 – 18:10	Presidential lecture. TMJ’s Fairy Tale: where are the gnomes who pull the muscles, and why are they pulling them? (Prof. Dr. Eelco Hakman, The Netherlands) (Read more…)
	If you cannot measure what is important, you bring importance to what you measure. A mouth is more than a basket full of teeth. A classification is not a diagnosis. During a closed lock, the key can often be found inside. The marriage of craftmanship and science is a fairy tale. Every day the orthognathic specialist has to deal with a witch or angry stepmother: evidence-based.
18:10 – 20:00	Welcome Reception. Course venue. Admission for all Course participants. Please have your name badges on.