SESSION Seq #81: TMJ Pain Mechanisms

Seq #81

Friday, April 4, 2008

8:00 AM-9:30 AM
Hilton Anatole Hotel Grand Ballroom E, Symposium - Group/Division Sponsored

TMJ Pain Mechanisms

Sponsored by: Craniofacial Biology, Neuroscience / TMJ

Description: Patients suffering with chronic pain in the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) are currently treated with NSAIDS and opioids. These drugs can cause intestinal bleeding, significant cardiovascular and renal safety risks, as well as, sedation, nausea, vomiting, and respiratory depression. Clearly, better treatment is required but to produce targeted treatment for TMJ pain the mechanism of this pain must be understood. To date, the mechanism(s) producing chronic pain in the TMJ are unclear and the reason(s) why females report a greater amount of TMJ pain is not understood. Topics covered in this symposia symposium will include discussion of TMJ inflammatory pain mechanisms and the impact of gender. Presentations will focus on the molecular mechanisms involved in inflammatory pain, the role glia have in maintaining chronic TMJ pain and on potential mechanisms as to why females report more TMJ pain. The level of investigator targeted by this symposium includes both TMJ inflammation/pain researchers as well as clinicians focused on treating patients with TMJ inflammation/pain. We expect to achieve dissemination of current knowledge on TMJ inflammation/pain to the researcher and clinician. Three education objectives expected from this symposium include one, dissemination of data from cutting edge laboratory research to the researcher and clinician two, the identification of knowledge gaps particularly, as identified in the clinical office and three, to determine a mechanism(s) that could be modulated to achieve the most rapid and effective means of ameliorating chronic TMJ pain. We are grateful for financial support from the Office of Research and Graduate Studies, Baylor College of Dentistry and the Texas A&M Health Science Center Office of the Vice President fro Research and Graduate Studies, Research Development and Enhancement Awards Program.

Chairperson: P.R. KRAMER


0524	8:00 AM	Immune receptor contributes to TMJ inflammatory pain P.R. KRAMER, Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, TX, USA
	8:25 AM	Estrogen status and neural correlates of TMJ pain D.A. BEREITER, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MD, USA
	8:45 AM	Trigeminal transition zone and deep orofacial pain K. REN, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA
	9:05 AM	Role of the Neuronal-Glial Cell Interactions with the Trigeminal Ganglia: Implications for TMJ Pathology and Therapy P.L. DURHAM, Missouri State University, Springfield, USA

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