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When It Clicks: Clinical Reasoning & Interdisciplinary Management of TMJD
A 3-Hour Interdisciplinary Course for dental, medical, and rehabilitation professionals
TMJD rarely fits neatly into one specialty’s toolbox. Patients move between dentists, oral surgeons, ENTs, physical therapists, and physicians—collecting pieces of the puzzle without anyone stepping back to see the whole picture. They spend months, sometimes years, and significant amounts of money moving from one treatment to the next, often without a clear understanding of why they’re still in pain.
We are taking a different approach.
Join Dr. Antigone Vesci, PT, DPT, LAT, ATC, SCS, FAAOMPT and Dr. Ashley Duer, PT, DPT, SCS, FAAOMPT for an interactive deep dive into the clinical reasoning behind TMJD assessment and management. Move beyond protocols and isolated treatment techniques and learn how experienced clinicians actually think: identifying meaningful findings, challenging assumptions, building a differential, recognizing bias, and determining when the jaw is—or isn’t—the primary problem.
What You'll Walk Away With
- See the whole picture: Connect TMJ anatomy, biomechanics, pain, and the patient in front of you.
- Think beyond the jaw: Build a differential and recognize when cervical, airway, neurologic, dental, or other factors may be driving the presentation.
- Know when to call in the team: Screen, refer, and collaborate across disciplines with greater confidence.
- Understand the care pathway: What does the evidence say and where do appliances, Botox, medications, surgery, and conservative care actually fit?
- Talk the same language: Learn practical strategies for communicating across dental, medical, and rehabilitation disciplines.
- Put it into practice: Work through cases, quizzes, and clinical decision-making to make it stick.
Who Should Attend:
This course is designed for dentists, dental specialists, dental hygenists, oral & maxillofacial surgeons, orofacial pain specialists, ENTs, physical therapists, athletic trainers, psychologists, pulmonologists, SLPs, myofunctional therapists, and other professionals who evaluate or manage patients with jaw pain, clicking, headaches, facial pain, or bite-related concerns.
Whether TMJD is your specialty or simply a patient who occasionally walks through your door, When It Clicks will sharpen how you evaluate these presentations, recognize when the clinical picture doesn't fit, and determine who needs to be part of the next step.
Join us after the talk for a happy hour designed to keep the conversation going, connect across disciplines, and build your local TMJD referral network.
For accessible seating or other accommodations, please let us know during checkout or contact The Skokie before the performance at: info@theskokie.com