| Seq #252 | Saturday, July 5, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9:00 AM-10:30 AM Metro Toronto Convention Centre Room 701A, Symposium - Group/Division Sponsored | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Orofacial Pain in Children and Adolescents: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Impact, and Management | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sponsored by: Neuroscience / TMJ, International RDC/TMD Consortium Network | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: Research on children and adolescents can be difficult to conduct, and work exploring the prevalence, etiology, consequences, and treatment of orofacial pain in this young age group has largely been ignored until recent years. All of the speakers listed have published or nearly completed new findings on most of these aspects of the pain or orofacial pain experience of youth. The symposium will open with an orientation to pain conditions, especially those that are chronic, in children and adolescents by Patricia McGrath, an internationally known scientist and expert in this field. “Epidemiology and risk factors for orofacial pain in children/adolescents” will be discussed by Linda LeResche, who led a large NIH supported cohort study of the risk factors for pain conditions in 11 to 14 year olds over 3 years. “Consequences of orofacial pain in youth: quantitative and qualitative research approaches” will be presented by Ing-Marie Nilsson, who has recently completed new work on the impact and consequences of orofacial pain among individuals age 12 to 19 using novel qualitative research techniques. ”The management of orofacial pain in children/ adolescents” will be discussed by Thomas List”, who is both an experienced orofacial pain clinician and has conducted multiple clinical trials in this field. This symposium should be accessible to experienced investigators, academic clinicians and basic scientists interested in opportunities for translational research. With this symposium, we hope to illuminate new research work completed on this oft-neglected and vulnerable age group, encourage others to consider working on gaps in knowledge, and extend evidence-based knowledge to clinician-scientists. Educational objectives are: Among individuals aged 19 and under, be able to: 1. State the prevalence, incidence and most common risk factors for chronic orofacial pain; 2: Discuss the impact and consequences of chronic orofacial pain; 3: Give evidence-based management approaches for chronic orofacial pain. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairperson: M. DRANGSHOLT | ||||||||||||||||||||
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