Course Details

Let’s Start with the Temporomandibular Joint and Finish with a Big Smile

Michelle Lee, DMD

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Time: 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM Code: F05 Cost: Staff & Students: $40; after August 27th $55 | Dentists: $65; after August 27th $80 Date: Friday, Sept. 25

Subject:  TMJ/Occlusion    |  Audience: Dentists, Hygienists, Assistants   |  CE Credits: 3 hours Lecture

Course Description:

TMD, splint therapy, occlusion, and case treatment planning to final esthetics. Let’s make it simple and bring it all together by deconstructing TMJ anatomy and muscle physiology to understand how joint stability manifests in predictable restorative outcomes, and how we use the information to create smiles.

We will begin by learning how to use Splint Therapy not only as a treatment for TMD symptoms but as a vital diagnostic tool to find a stable, repeatable treatment position. By bridging the gap between appliance therapy, occlusal equilibration, and facially generated design, we will demonstrate a systematic workflow to restore Form, Function, and Esthetics with total predictability.

Learning Objectives:

  • Review of cases from treatment of the TMD to final smile
  • Review of principles of Joint anatomy, Muscles, and occlusion
  • Discuss how Splint therapy can treat TMD and aid in treatment position
  • Discuss posterior and anterior determinants of occlusion in a comprehensive case review
  • How to communication and collaborate with your team and patients in this process

About the Speaker:

Dr. Michelle Lee is a graduate of University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine and lives in Malvern, Pennsylvania.  She owns a patient-centered comprehensive restorative private practice in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania treating from a joint based, occlusion focused practice treating the TMJ to final smile design.  Dr. Lee started her Pankey journey in 2008 and serves on the Pankey Board of Directors, Advisory Board, Pankey Faculty, and also holds a Pankey Scholar distinction.  She also teaches restorative microscope dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania Dental School and integrates microscope dentistry in her own private practice.  She is passionate about teaching, mentoring, giving back to dentistry, and has been invited to speak in various national and local education venues.  Dr. Lee is grounded through her love for hiking, traveling, and cooking.  She enjoys presence over presents with her family and friends.

Financial Relationship – Other financial support: Kettenbach USA

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