Thurs., Nov. 7, 2024
8:45am – 11:45am (3 CE hrs)
Room 106-A
Speaker: Michelle Lee, DMD
This course is supported, in part, by an educational grant from GC America, Inc.
Recommended for: Dentists, Dental Students, Dental Assistants, and Dental Hygienists
Let’s make it simple and bring it all together by learning more about the temporomandibular joint and how we use the information to create smiles. Understanding the temporomandibular joint and related structures can impact final restorative outcomes and aid in predictable and esthetic restorative dentistry. A deep dive into restoring form, function, and esthetics through knowledge in appliance therapy, occlusion, and equilibration will be discussed. Concepts of TMD, splint therapy, occlusion, and case treatment planning in final esthetics will be presented so we can bring this back to our practices and begin to implement.
Learning Objectives:
- Review of principles of joint anatomy, muscles, and occlusion.
- Discuss how splint therapy can treat TMD and aid in treatment position.
- Discuss posterior and anterior determinants of occlusion in a comprehensive case review.
- Review of cases from treatment of the TMD to final smile.
- How to communicate and collaborate with your team and patients in this process.
Dr. Michelle Lee is a graduate of University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine and lives in Malvern, Pennsylvania with her husband, MinSuk and two children, Victoria and Nathan. She owns a patient-centered comprehensive restorative private practice in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania treating from the TMJ to final smile. Dr. Lee started her Pankey journey in 2008 and serves on the Pankey Board of Directors, Advisory Board, Pankey Faculty, and also holds a Pankey Scholar distinction. She also teaches restorative microscope dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania Dental School and integrates microscope dentistry in her own private practice. She is passionate about teaching, mentoring, giving back to dentistry, and has been invited to speak in various national and local education venues. Dr. Lee is grounded through her love for hiking, traveling, and practicing mindfulness with her family and values creating fulfillment in having a work life balance.
Dr. Lee (or an immediate family member) has a significant relationship with the following commercial organizations whose products she will refer to in her presentation: GC America, Inc.
