Conference Overview

The meeting 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!

Conference Objectives

The objectives for the conference include:

• Identifying the needs of TMJ patients that can be addressed through bioengineering
• Establishing directives to bioengineers from clinicians and patients to meet those patient needs
• Creating new collaborations among bioengineers, researchers, clinicians and patients
• Setting benchmarks for current state-of-the-art treatments and scientific knowledge in tissue engineering, biomechanics, clinical practice and biology

You should attend if…

• You are not currently in TMJ research, but are looking for new and relatively unexplored funding areas where you can apply your research strengths.
• You are currently a TMJ researcher and want to keep up with the latest advances in the field.
• You are looking for collaborators in TMJ research.
• You are a bioengineer, and want to know the practical needs of surgeons and patients.
• You are a clinician, and want to understand the capabilities of the engineering community.

The premiere groups of surgeons and patients will issue the directives-the American Society of TMJ Surgeons will deliver a keynote address based on a consensus of priority issues formulated at their annual meeting, and the TMJ Association patient organization will deliver a keynote address based on previous meetings and decades of experience and interaction with TMJ patients.

A benchmark for contemporary knowledge of the TMJ will be assessed by 38 speakers in sessions on tissue engineering, biomechanics, biology and clinical treatment.

Conference Organizers

Sponsors

We would like to acknowledge the following sponsors:

Primary Support

• National Institutes of Health (NIDCR and NIBIB),
  grant #1R13DE017286-01

Platinum Level

• University of Kansas School of Engineering
• University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc.
• Rice University
• Bose-EnduraTEC

Gold Level

• The NIDCR’s TMJ Implant Registry and Repository (TIRR)
• Instron
• Walter Lorenz Surgical, Inc.

Silver Level

• TMJ Concepts
• Synthasome

Other Support

We would also like thank the following organizations for their generosity in publicizing the conference:

• International Association for Dental Research
• American Academy of Orofacial Pain
• American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
• Cranio: The Journal of Craniomandibular Practice