General information

FELLOWSHIP
IN
TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT SURGERY

MINIMALLY INVASIVE AND OPEN SURGERY, VIRTUAL PLANNING AND REPLACEMENT, CONDYLECTOMY, TRAUMA

ACADEMIC HOSPITAL,
UNIVERSITY OF UDINE, ITALY

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to present our Fellowship in Temporomandibular Joint Surgery, which was developed to share our clinical and surgical expertise in this field.

Unlike other conventional courses, this fellowship will give participants the opportunity to gain hands-on experience by selecting patients for initial consultations, attending surgeries on selected patients in the operating theatre, and evaluating the outcomes of operations.

They will also have the chance to learn about and use all the modern technologies at our disposal, such as computer planning, simulation and navigation. They will also have the opportunity to practise on fresh cadaver specimens.

Finally, they will receive training in multidisciplinary conservative management, which is essential for patient care and the success of therapy. The faculty comprises friends and colleagues who are highly experienced in the field of the temporomandibular joint, and the arthroscopic session will be conducted under the patronage of the’Academy of TMJ Arthroscopy’.

For this reason, the fellowship is reserved for a small number of maxillofacial surgeons or residents in maxillofacial surgery, in order to facilitate continuous education and learning.
We look forward to welcoming you.

Course Director

Prof. Salvatore Sembronio

Chairman

Prof. Massimo Robiony

Typology: One three-days module every two months

Teaching period: January – July

Duration of the course: 110 total hours (4 three-day meetings)

Location: Italy – Udine

Available positions: 12

Degree awarded: Certificate in “Fellowship in TMJ surgery: minimally invasive and open surgery, planning and replacement, trauma”

Training objectives

The Postgraduate Course enables participants to achieve the following objectives:

Know the theoretical and practical concepts to become surgeons specializing in temporomandibular joint surgery

Know the theoretical concepts to examine and select patients with temporomandibular disorder who may be candidates for temporomandibular joint surgery

Learn and use all available modern technologies such as computerized planning, simulation and navigation

Develop multidisciplinary management knowledge, essential for patient care and successful treatment

Topics

  • Diagnosis and clinical appearance of TMJ
  • Conservative treatment (pain management, splinttherapy, botulinum toxin, physiotherapy)
  • Arthrocentesis and intra-articular injection of cellconcentrate
  • Arthroscopy level I, II and III
  • Functional open surgery (disc repositioning anddiscectomy)
  • Condylar Hyperplasia and condylectomy
  • Trauma
  • Planning and TMJ replacement