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TMD Demystified: Practical Diagnosis and Conservative Management

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Move beyond referral-only thinking with clear screening, diagnostic loading, and conservative strategies to manage temporomandibular joint disorders confidently in general practice.

AGD Subject Code: 200

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

After reading this course, the participant should be able to:

  1. Differentiate muscle-related temporomandibular joint disorders (TMDs) from other conditions using structured screening, comprehensive history-taking, and focused clinical examination.
  2. Identify diagnostic loading techniques to reproduce symptoms and guide evidence-based treatment.
  3. Discuss a conservative management plan for muscle-related TMDs.

This course was published in the February/March 2026 issue and expires March 2029. The authors have no commercial conflicts of interest to disclose. This 2 credit hour self-study activity is electronically mediated.

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Belmont Business Media is an ADA CERP-recognized provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ada.org/cerp. Belmont Business Media Nationally Approved PACE Program Provider for FAGD/MAGD credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by any regulatory authority or AGD endorsement. 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2026. Provider ID 317924
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Jane N. Moore, DMD, MS, PhD, FACP, is a board-certified prosthodontist and assistant professor in the Department of Prosthodontics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry in Memphis. Coordinator of the Graduate Prosthodontics Temporomandibular Clinic, she can be contacted at jmoor171@uthsc.edu .


Angela Gullard, DMD, PhD, MDS, FACP, is a board-certified prosthodontist and associate professor in the Department of Prosthodontics at University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry in Memphis. Director of implant prosthodontics and head of prosthodontics research, she can be reached at agullard@uthsc.edu .


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