The Third Scientific Meeting of The TMJ Association

Advancing Diagnostic Approaches for TMJ Diseases/Disorders

 

MEETING EVENTS

 

Wednesday, May 5, 2004

 

TMJ Patient Meeting

Hyatt Regency Bethesda Hotel

9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

This is an opportunity for TMJ patients and their loved ones to come together, share common concerns with each other and with us, learn more about the activities of The TMJ Association and how we can improve the plight of all TMJ patients.

 

TMJ Interagency Working Group Meeting

NIH Campus Building 31/6C Room 6

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 pm.

 

The  TMJ Interagency Working Group, a coalition of federal agencies whose missions involve TMJ diseases and disorders, will hold its annual meeting which will focus on research investigating the complexity of TMJ diseases and disorders and the overlapping medical conditions which many TMJ patients experience.  A panel of scientific experts will be assembled to stimulate discussion with guest speakers and audience members.  TMJA scientific meeting attendees are cordially invited.

 

TMJA Scientific Meeting Evening Reception – Ice Cream Social

Hyatt Regency Bethesda Hotel

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Meet scientific meeting participants and attendees at this casual, fun event.

 

 

 

 

THE THIRD SCIENTIFIC MEETING

OF THE TMJ ASSOCIATION

Advancing Diagnostic Approaches for TMJ Diseases and Disorders

Hyatt Regency Bethesda, Bethesda, MD

May 6 -7, 2004

 

Thursday, May 6, 2004

 

8:00 – 8:15 a.m.          Welcome - Terrie Cowley, President, The TMJ Association

                                    Remarks – TBA

 

Session 1 - TMJ Diseases and Disorders and the Need for Innovative Diagnostic Tools

 

8:15 – 9:15 a.m.          TMJ Diseases and Disorders:  Difficult but not Impossible to Solve

Christian S. Stohler, D.M.D., Dr. Med. Dent., University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, MD

 

9:15 – 9:30 a.m.          Patient Presentation – TMJ Diseases and Disorders Symptoms – Mild to Severe

Moderated by Stephen B. Milam, D.D.S., Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas

                                   

Session 2 – Current and Future Methodologies of Imaging for TMJ Diseases and Disorders (Including X-Ray, MRI, fMRI, PET, NMRI, Ultrasound, and Thermography Imaging)

Discussion Chair Leaders – Thomas F. Budinger, M.D., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, CA

                     Tore A. Larheim, D.D.S., Ph.D., University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

 

9:30 – 9:55 a.m.          Current Radiographic Approaches for Assessment of TMJ Disease Progression

Sigvard Kopp, D.D.S., Ph.D., Institute of Odontology at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

 

9:55– 10:20 a.m.         Dynamic Functional MRI (fMRI) Neuroimaging with Cubic Millimeter Spatial and One Second Temporal Resolution

James S. Hyde, Ph.D., Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

 

10:20 – 10:35 a.m.      Break

 

10:35 – 11:00 a.m.      3D X-Ray/PET Imaging Approaches and Uses in Neurovascular Diseases

                                    Kieran Murphy, M.D., Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

 

11:00 – 11:25 a.m.      Local Muscle Perfusion and Metabolic Demand: Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Approaches

Russell S. Richardson, Ph.D., University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA

 

11:25 – 11:50 a.m.      High-Resolution Ultrasonography of the TM Joint - Sonography Versus Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Rudiger Emshoff, M.D., D.M.D., University of Innsbruck, Austria

 

11:50 – 12:20 p.m.      Discussion – The speakers in this session will lead a general discussion of relevant questions. 

                                   

12:20 – 2:00 p.m.        Lunch / Poster Session

 

 

 

Session 3 – Methodologies for Brain Imaging Related to TMJ Diseases and Disorders

Discussion Chair Leader – Ronald Dubner, D.D.S., Ph.D., University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

 

2:00 – 2:25 p.m.          Why Look in the Brain for Answers to TMJ Pain?

                                    Joel D. Greenspan, Ph.D., University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

 

2:25 – 2:50 p.m.          Neural Correlates of the Subjective Experience of Pain

                                    Robert C. Coghill, Ph.D., Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC

 

2:50 – 3:15 p.m.          Neurochemical Imaging of Pain Circuitry in Humans

Jon-Kar Zubieta, M.D., Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

 

3:15 – 3:45 p.m.          Discussion - The speakers in this session will lead a general discussion of relevant questions.

 

3:45 – 4:00 p.m.          Break

 

Session 4 – Applications of Nanotechnologies for Imaging and Targeted Joint Therapy

Discussion Chair Leader – Thomas F. Budinger, M.D., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, CA

 

4:00 – 4:25 p.m.          Molecular Imaging with Targeted Nanoparticles

Samuel A. Wickline, M.D., Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

 

4:25 – 4:50 p.m.          Potential of MRI and PET in Early and Presymptomatic Characterization of TMJ Disease

Thomas F. Budinger, M.D., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, CA

                                   

4:50 – 5:20 p.m.          Discussion - The speakers in this session will lead a general discussion of relevant questions.

 

Friday, May 7, 2004

 

Session 5/Part A: Clinical Research Use of Imaging Technologies for TMJ Diseases and Disorders

Chair/Discussion Leader – Stephen B. Milam, D.D.S., Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, TX

 

8:00 – 8:25 a.m.          Role of MRI in Clinical Diagnosis of the Temporomandibular Joint

Tore A. Larheim, D.D.S., Ph.D., University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

 

8:25 – 8:50 a.m.          TMD Symptoms and Specificity - A Longitudinal Clinical TMJ Study

                                    Jos Dibbets, D.D.S., Ph.D., Philipps University, Marburg, Germany

 

8:50 – 9:15 a.m.          Imaging Tools – Lessons from the Knee Joint

                                    Carl S. Winalski, M.D., Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

 

Session 5/Part B:  Computational Approaches for Modeling of TM Joint Mechanics and Morphology  Chair/Discussion Leaders – Luigi M. Gallo, P.D., University of Zurich, Switzerland

          Susan W. Herring, Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle, WA

         

9:15 – 9:40 a.m.          In Vivo Strain Patterns of the Mandible in Primates

William L. Hylander, Ph.D., Duke University Medical College, Durham, NC

 

 

9:40 – 10:05 a.m.        TMJ Mechanics (Condyle, Capsule, and Disc)

                                    Susan W. Herring, Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle, WA

 

10:05 – 10:20 a.m.      Break

 

10:20 – 10:45 a.m.      Modeling of TMJ Function Using MRI and Jaw Tracking Technologies - Mechanics

Luigi M. Gallo, P.D., University of Zurich, Switzerland

 

 

10:45 – 11:10 a.m.      Anatomically Based Modeling of the Human Jaw and Face

Peter Hunter, D. Phil., University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

 

11:10 – 11:35 a.m.      Multifactorial Modeling of Temporomandibular Anatomy and Orthopaedic Relationships in Normal and Disc Displaced Joints.

Andrew Pullinger, D.D.S., M.Sc., University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

 

11:35 – 12:05 p.m.      Discussion - The speakers in this session will lead a general discussion of relevant questions.

 

12:05 – 1:00 p.m.        Lunch/Poster Presentations

 

Session 6 – Interactions Between Technical and Applied Users to Develop Recommendations for Diagnostic Criteria for TMJ Diseases and Disorders

Chair/Moderator – Stephen L. Gordon, Ph.D., Cognate Therapeutics, Bethesda, MD

 

1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.  Development of Recommendations:  This session will be divided into two discussion panels, both with the goal of leading a general discussion aimed at developing a set of recommendations to the NIH regarding the application of these technologies in the TMJ research field.  The invited panelists who will lead these discussions will be provided with abstracts/summaries of presentations prior to the meeting.  The panelists in Part A will assess the current detection limits, technological barriers, and limits of the current non-evasive imaging technologies and develop a summary document of recommendations whereby currently available technologies could be immediately used to establish standardized methods for diagnosis of temporomandibular diseases and disorders.  The panelists in Part B will address novel investigative approaches that could open up new avenues of research or be applicable to the development of new or improved instruments and technologies for use in research and clinical diagnostics, and preventive strategies. Recommendations will be derived from these discussions regarding how to move beyond the technological limits of current approaches. 

 

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.          Session 6/Part A: Clinical Discussions

Panel Members:

1.      Stephen B. Milam, D.D.S., Ph.D. University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX

2.      Stephen Feinberg, Ph.D., D.D.S. M.S., University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI

3.      Sigvard Kopp, D.D.S., Ph.D., Institute of Odontology at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

4.      Randall Wilk, D.D.S., Ph.D., M.D., Louisiana State University, LA

 

2:00 – 3:00 p.m.          Session 6/Part B: Research Discussions

Panel members:

1.      Ronald Dubner, D.D.S., Ph.D., University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

2.      Stephen L. Gordon, Ph.D., Cognate Therapeutics, Bethesda, MD

3.      David E. Altobelli, D.M.D., M.D., DEKA Research and Development, Manchester, NH

 

            3:00 - 3:15 p.m.  Closing Remarks