Clinical Day - Splints, Sleep and Facial Pain

Dr Joseph Ryan

Presentation title: Splints, splints, splints

Bio
Dr Joseph Ryan is a dentist originally from Canberra. Joseph held the position of Senior Dentist for ACT Health working at The Canberra hospital, public clinics and in the Alexander Maconchie Correctional Centre. Joseph also worked in the private sector at Symmetry Dental with his father and brother. Joseph graduated from Sydney University with a Bachelor of Medical Science Degree in 2009 and from Charles Sturt University with a Bachelor of Dental Science in 2014. Joseph completed a two year research honours in facial pain graduating with First Class Honours in 2016. Joseph recently completed a Masters of Pain Medicine at Sydney University and is currently undertaking a Doctorate of Clinical Dentistry specialising in Oral Medicine at Melbourne University.

Dr Ronald Kulich

Presentation title: Evolution and Management of the Complex Patient with Marked Oversomatisation

Bio
Dr. Kulich is a Full Professor and clinical psychologist at Tufts School of Dental Medicine, and holds a Lecturer appointment at Harvard-MGH, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine. He has published multiple peer reviewed papers on pain assessment and management. His responsibilities include development and management of opioid risk assessment protocols for the Massachusetts General Hospital Pain Center and Facial Pain/Headache Center at Tufts School of Dental Medicine. Other academic responsibilities include treatment guideline development for work injury with Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents, training committee for the MA Prescription Monitoring Program, multiple opioid risk guideline committees, and he has been co-chair of the Massachusetts Governor’s Committee for the Curriculum on Substance Abuse assessment for dentistry. Fellowship training responsibilities include supervision of Anesthesia/Pain Medicine and Orofacial Pain Medicine Fellows (Mass General Hospital), as well as contributing to the behavioral sciences curriculum for Tufts School of Dental Medicine and supervision of psychology graduate interns.

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Dr Edmund Liem

Presentation title: Understanding TMD and Craniofacial Pain

Bio
Dr Liem graduated in January 1979 from the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands. He went in private general practice in the city of Nijmegen till 1994 when he moved to Canada in 1994 and is in general practice in the city of Chilliwack, BC, Canada. Since then Edmund has pursued his interest in Orthodontics, TMD and Sleep Disordered Breathing; to learn and stay up to date he has spent more than 2000 hours of continuing education on the topics of Orthodontics, Craniofacial Pain and Sleep Disordered Breathing.
In 2011 Dr. Edmund Liem founded with Dr. Arshad Pirani and Dr. Roger Cheung the Vancouver TMJ & Sleep Therapy Centre, a practice limited to the non-surgical therapies for TMD, Craniofacial Pain and Sleep Disordered Breathing. Since 2001 Dr. Liem has lectured in Canada and the USA on the topics of Digital Photography, Electro Diagnostics, Orthodontics, TMD and Sleep Disordered Breathing (Snoring and Sleep Apnea). He has held the position of President Canadian Chapter of the AACP, 2007-2018 and President International Board of Orthodontics, 2011-2020. He has also published a book in 2019: Sleep Disorders in Pediatric Dentistry (Springer Verlag)

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Karri Field

Presentation title: A physiotherapy perspective on multidisciplinary TMD management

Bio
Karri is an Honours graduate from the Australian Catholic University physiotherapy program with a strong interest in managing craniofacial pain conditions. She has enjoyed further training with mentors in Australia, America and Europe to diversify her skills in identifying and treating craniofacial pain conditions. For the last 7 years Karri has worked as a senior physiotherapist at the Headache, Neck & Jaw Clinic in Brisbane while also lecturing on TMJ dysfunction at Griffith University, University of Queensland and various multidisciplinary conferences. She is in the process of completing her Master of Science in Medicine (Pain Management) in the University of Sydney’s orofacial pain specialisation program. Karri is also on the Queensland branch of the Australian Physiotherapy Association Pain committee and a member of the Australian & New Zealand Academy of Orofacial Pain.

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Dr Karen McCloy

Presentation title: Sleep, Bruxism and TMD Pain. What is the relationship?

Bio
Karen graduated from dentistry in Queensland in 1984, and works in private practice with her husband at Caboolture. She has completed a Masters of Dental Research at Tufts University in 2011, the Masters of Science in Sleep Medicine at Sydney University in 2013, and is a Diplomat of the American Board of Orofacial Pain. She has been married to Russell for over 30 years, but forgets birthdays and anniversaries on a regular basis, so is never sure of the exact figure. She has three children, none of whom wanted to be dentists.

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