Teaching programme

The fellowship is organized into 4 meetings each lasting 3 days (from Thursday 8 am to Saturday 4 pm) every 2 months. Attendance in the presence of the fellowship (all meetings) is mandatory. Some theoretical lessons could be held online.

ACADEMIC HOSPITAL,
UNIVERSITY OF UDINE, ITALY

First meeting
(2027, JANUARY 28-30)

TMJ pathology: etiopathogenesis, diagnosis and classification

Consultation of TMD patient, patient selection for conservative treatment and for TMJ minimally invasive surgery

Arthrocentesis: theory, live surgery and attendance in operating room

Lipogems injection: theory, live surgery and attendance in operating room

Elements of conservative treatment: splints, phisioterapy, drugs medication, pain management,botox injection

Post op management

Second meeting
(2027, MARCH 11-13)

Consultation (follow-up) of patients operated during the previous meeting

Consultation and patient selection for arthroscopy

Arthroscopy level I, level II and level III: theory, live surgery and attendance in operating room

Post op management

Cadaver workshop (practice on head specimens): arthrocentesis and arthroscopy

Third meeting
(2027, MAY 20-22)

Consultation (follow-up) of patients operated during the previous meetings

Consultation and patient selection for open functional surgery

Post op management

Consultation and patient selection for TMJ replacement

Open functional surgery (discectomy and disc repositioning): theory, live surgery and attendance in operating room

Condylar hyperplasia: pathology, surgical options and planning of condylectomy

TMJ trauma/condylar fractures

3D computer digital planning of TMJ replacement (with and without simultaneous orthognatic surgery): each participant will plan his personal case (cadaver head specimen) which he will operate at cadaver workshop during the next meeting

Forth meeting
(2027, JULY 8-10)

Consultation (follow-up) of patients operated during the previous meetings

TMJ replacement: theory, live surgery and attendance in operating room

Post op management - 2 hours

TMJ replacement: live surgery and attendance in operating room

Cadaver workshop (practice on head specimens): open surgery, trauma and TMJ replacement