Join us in-person!
This 2 day program, April 21 – April 22, will provide a unique opportunity for bioengineers, clinicians and scientists to discuss the challenges presented by temporomandibular joint disorders, and to devise strategies to address those challenges. Register today!
Education Objectives:
- Provide recommendations to the NIDCR TMJD Program on novel scientific approaches and critical research topics that will advance the field.
- Establish a benchmark for current treatments and scientific knowledge.
- Bring outside perspective from experts in areas pertinent to TMJ research.
Beth A. Winkelstein’s pioneering research focuses on the mechanisms of bodily injury — especially injuries from sports, automobile accidents or degenerative diseases that produce persistent pain in the neck and spine — and has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense, among many others, including a Presidential Early Career Award from the NSF.
Peter D. Quinn is the Schoenleber Professor of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery/Pharmacology at Penn Dental Medicine. Dr. Quinn served as Chair of the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery/Pharmacology at Penn Dental Medicine from 1986 to 2008. His primary research interests are in the alloplastic reconstruction of the temporomandibular joint and vascular malformations of the maxillofacial skeleton maxillofacial skeleton. He was a principal investigator in a ten-year clinical trial for the development of the only FDA-approved stock prosthesis for reconstruction of the temporomandibular joint. Dr. Quinn has completed a surgical atlas for temporomandibular joint surgery, which has been published by Elsevier.