This two-for-one special includes two half-day pre-conference courses: "Telehealth for Orofacial Pain: Effectively Expanding Access to Care" and "Vestibular Basics in Orofacial Pain"
Telehealth for Orofacial Pain: Effectively Expanding Access to Care
Course Director: Emily Kahnert, PT, DPT, PhD, CCTT
Course Description:
Learn how telehealth is reshaping access to orofacial pain care in this practical, forward-looking course. The improved convenience and proven effectiveness of telehealth for this patient population has demonstrated that patients want and will comply with this method of care delivery. Evidence-based strategies and tools will equip participants to virtually deliver effective, patient-centered care - expanding your reach and impact beyond the clinic walls.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe key procedural adaptations required to successfully implement telehealth care
- Demonstrate screening techniques for telehealth assessment of Temporomandibular Disorders
- Implement patient education strategies to successfully manage a treatment plan via virtual care delivery
Funding sources: Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy, Foundation for Physical Therapy Research, American Academy of Orofacial Pain, University of Minnesota Graduate School
Vestibular Basics in Orofacial Pain
Course Director: Susan Whitney
Learning Objectives:
- The learner will be able to ask 5 questions that can assist with identifying BPPV in their clinic.
- The learner will be able to recognize nystagmus seen in BPPV when the person is reclined in the dental chair.
- The learner will learn how to optimally position a person with active BPPV during a dental procedure.
Course Description:
This session will focus on learning the signs and symptoms of persons presenting with vestibular disorders, including benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). BPPV can present as a challenge to oral hygiene and can be seen when reclining a dental chair backwards. Strategies to recognize BPPV plus how to manage a person with active BPPV who comes to the clinic will be described. Methods to minimize symptom provocation during dental procedures will be emphasized. BPPV may also be caused by invasive dental procedures that vibrate the skull. Prevention of falls will be discussed plus how to manage persons with additional vestibular dysfunction will be discussed. Lecture, demonstration, and videos will be utilized to illustrate important clinical scenarios.
The American Academy of Orofacial Pain is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider.
ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.
AAOP designates this course for 7 continuing education hours.
Faculty Bios:
Emily Kahnert, PT, DPT, PhD, CCTT
Emily Kahnert, PT, DPT, PhD, CCTT is a Physical Therapist and clinician scientist in the Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD), Orofacial Pain and Dental Sleep Medicine Clinic at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry and UMN Physical Therapy Program. Her 20 years of clinical practice have been exclusively focused on treating TMD and Orofacial pain in interdisciplinary settings. She earned her Certified Cervical and Temporomandibular Therapist designation through the Physical Therapy Board of Craniofacial and Cervical Therapeutics in 2019 and is part of the TMD PT Clinical Practice Guideline development group. Her PhD work examined telerehabilitation effectiveness for individuals with TMD, supported by the American Academy of Orofacial Pain, the Academy of Orthopaedic PT, the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research, and the University of Minnesota Graduate school.
Susan L. Whitney, DPT, PhD, MCS, ATC, FAPTA
Dr. Whitney received her PhD in motor development/motor learning from the University of Pittsburgh and her professional physical therapy education from Temple University. She is a professor in the Departments of Physical Therapy and Otolaryngology at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Whitney is supported by the Department of Defense to develop technology for persons with vestibular disorders and mild brain injury. She has authored or coauthored 310 articles on Medline, received the APTA John Maley Award, and was awarded the Hallpike-Nylen award, which recognizes outstanding clinical research achievement in vestibular medicine by the Barany Society.
