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TMJ

OMS and Other Dental Specialists

Residents

GP4c - TMJ Plenary: Complications in TMJ Surgery

Friday, October 2, 2026
1:15 PM - 3:15 PM PDT
CE: 2.0 CDE/CME

Recorded<br><i>This session will be recorded and available beginning Oct. 19</i>

Complications can occur during all phases of surgical care of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). The wide variety of TMJ surgeries and their indications also make the nature of the complications and their impact particularly complex. Moreover, prevention and management strategies vary significantly, owing to lack of robust scientific evidence and to controversies surrounding some approaches. This session will offer the latest updates on prevention and management strategies for different complications that can be encountered in the TMJ surgical patient.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this presentation, participants should be able to:
  1. Describe the prevention strategies for various TMJ surgical complications and their considerations.
  2. Recognize TMJ surgical complications and describe when surgical management can be considered.
  3. Describe the efficacy of various prevention and management strategies for TMJ surgical complications.

Presentations:

  • 1:15 PM - 1:35 PM PDT
    Material Sensitivity

    Speaker: Gary F. Bouloux, DDS, MD, MDSc, FRACDS, FRCS, FACS – Emory University School of Medicine

  • 1:35 PM - 1:55 PM PDT
    Prevention Strategies for Vascular Complications

    Speaker: Michael Proothi, DMD, MD, FACS (he/him/his) – Stony Brook University Hospital

  • 1:55 PM - 2:15 PM PDT
    Prevention Strategies for Heterotopic Ossification

    Speaker: Danielle L. Freburg-Hoffmeister, DDS, MD – University of Florida College of Dentistry

  • 2:15 PM - 2:35 PM PDT
    Management of Postoperative Facial Nerve Injury

    Speaker: Caroline A. Banks, MD – Massachusetts Eye and Ear

  • 2:35 PM - 2:55 PM PDT
    Postoperative Pain / Poor Response to Surgery

    Speaker: Sharon Aronovich, DMD, FRCD(C), FACS (he/him/his) – University of Michigan

  • 2:55 PM - 3:15 PM PDT
    Roundtable Case Discussion and Q&A