Temporomandibular disorders and orofacial pain: up-to-date treatment protocols

Professor and Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry (USA).

Founder, Orofacial Pain Program, University of Kentucky College of Dentistry.

Has 250+ publications in the area of occlusion, TMJ disorders and orofacial pain.

The book "Management of Temporomandibular Disorders and Occlusion is published" is used in most of the United States dental schools as well as in many other countries.

Past President of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain.

Has presented more than 1300 invited lectures on the subject of TMD and orofacial pain in all 50 states and in 60 different countries.

He has received numerous teaching awards including “The International Dentist of the Year Award” from the Academy of Dentistry International.

Creator of the OCTA concept. Professor Jean-Daniel Orthlieb is an educationist, researcher and specialist in Occlusodontology.

He received his doctorate in dentistry (DDS) in 1978 from the Faculty of Dentistry, Aix-Marseille University, France.

He was certified in Anthropology in 1979, in fixed prosthodontic and оcclusodontology in 1980.

He received his "Doctorat en Sciences Odontologiques" (DSO) in 1983.

He became an assistant with the fixed prosthodontic department in 1985.

He received his "Doctorat d'Université " – University thesis in 1990 (PhD).

In 1993 he was "Maître de conférence des Universités", Chairman of the Occlusion and Dysfunction department of the Faculty of Dentistry of Marseille. In this university, he was in charge of a postgraduate education program in occlusion and TMD and a postgraduate education program in fixed prosthetic.

From 2007, he has beed a Full University Professor.

He is Visiting professor of Donau University.

He was President of the French National College of Occlusodontology in 1995-1996, he is a member of the European Academy of Craniomandibular Disorders.

He was President of the International Academy of Advanced Interdisciplinary Dentistry (iAAID).

He has published 6 books and more than 130 scientific papers about occlusion, TMD and prosthetic.

Research interests: fixed prosthodontic, occlusodontology, craniomandibular disorders.

Graduate in Medicine and Surgery. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Portugal.

Doctorate in Medicine. Maxillofacial Surgery by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, Portugal.

Visiting Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, Portugal.

Director of the Postgraduate Course in Open Surgery and Arthroscopy of the Temporomandibular Joint, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Portugal.

Member of the European Society of Temporomandibular Joint Surgeon.

He is proficient in numerous techniques of operations on the TMJ.

One of the leading specialists in the field of functional dentistry in Europe.

Graduated in Dentistry (DDS) in 1984, Honorary Degree in Dentistry at the University of Malmo (Sweden) in 2018. Specialist in Orthodontics in 1991.

Full professor in Orthodontics and Clinical Gnathology at the University of Naples Federico II.

Director of the post-graduate School in Orthodontics and responsible for the Master course on “Orofacial pain and Temporomandibular Disorders” at the University of Naples Federico II.

Authored or co-authored more than 150 papers and co-author of several book chapters.

Editor in Chief of the Orthodontic and Craniofacial Research journal, Associate Editor of the European Journal of Oral Science, Associate Editor of the Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, member of the Editorial Board of the European Journal of Orthodontics and referee of several national and international journals.