Oromaxillofacial pain

Program Description: 

Establishing a relationship between medicine and dentistry is an important feature of oral and maxillofacial medicine dental specialty, which leads to promotion of the society’s level of health and  treatment of   patients with special needs. Orofacial pain is a common complaint, however, since there is no separate field regarding orofacial pain, these patients can not be successfully referred. When this group of patients seek help from doctors and dentists, incorrect diagnosis and treatment often leads  them to have additional health problems due to the prescription of inappropriate drugs. Based on the points mentioned, the planning of the country should be in such a way that it solves the lack of presence and efficiency of orofacial pain specialists in universities, hospitals and dental clinics .

Definition

One-year program specializing dentists in diagnosis and treatment of patients with pain and dysfunction of oromaxillofacial hard and soft tissue, headaches and  musculoskeletal, neurologic and psychological pains.

Objectives:

This program stems from oral and maxillofacial specialty program and the main objectives achieved by the specialist are as follows

1)     Increasing the level of knowledge and specialized scientific approaches regarding the diagnosis and treatment of pain and orofacial dysfunction

2)     Differentiating between orofacial pain, headaches, musculoskeletal, neurologic and psychological pain

3)     Evidence-based history taking and treatment plans, management of TMD and painful pathologies in the orofacial region

4)     Providing high-quality treatment options

5)     Providing scientific research to broaden the horizons of science

6)     Based on the current intertwining of medical and dental fields, it seems logical to establish an oral medicine specialist specialized in the treatment of orofacial pains  in hospitals and dental clinics