Certification & Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

About the Certification:

This is a continuing professional development (CPD) certification module which is open for maxillofacial clinicians facilitated by DAMER India and is CPD accredited from The TrustCPD (International Union).  

Target Audience & Eligibility: 

The free certification is open internationally. The mandatory requirement is to have completed or on-going Postgraduate Degree or Diploma in Dentistry or Medicine with a keen interest in learning about TMDs. The target audience include dental clinicians and professionals involved with fabrication of oral appliances for temporomandibular joint disorders, orthodontists, prosthodontists, orofacial pain specialists, oral medicine specialists and maxillofacial surgeons. 

Study Material & Reading Resource: 

The assessment will strictly be based on the reading resource. 

The weblink to the reading material: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12663-023-01939-y

Recommendations on the Use of Oral Orthotic Occlusal Appliance Therapy for Temporomandibular Joint Disorders: Current Evidence and Clinical Practice. J Maxillofac Oral Surg. 2023 Sep;22(3):579-589.  

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12663-023-01939-y 

Testing Method: 

Please assure to have completed the thorough study of the reading material before you undertake the CPD assessment test. The test will evaluate your knowledge proficiency based on the reading material. The test will involve 30 MCQs. 

Duration & Testing Time: 

60 minutes CPD. This includes 45 minutes of self study time and 15 minutes of assessment test time. 

Certification Fee:

Open International Online Educational Certification; FREE

Certification Test Link:

https://forms.gle/7e92Wi8smjexTzRu6

Open International Online Certification will be issued in seven working days after undertaking the assessment test. The certificates will be issued to the candidates procuring 80% and above aggregate in the assessment test.

Contributors and development of the reading material: 

A joint international consortium was formulated involving the subject experts at TMJ Foundation, to resolve the current ambiguity regarding the use of oral orthotic occlusal appliance therapy for the temporomandibular joint disorders based on the current scientific and clinical evidence. 

Darpan Bhargava BDS, MDS, MOMS RCPS(Glasg), PGDHM, PDCR, Ph. D, 

Chair, Joint International Consortium on Oral Orthotic Occlusal Appliance Therapy for Temporomandibular Joint Disorders, TMJ Foundation, TMJ Consultancy Services, Madhya Pradesh, India; Consultant and Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, People's University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India;  Director Research, DAMER India; 

Camilo Chávez Farías DDS, MS

Consultant, Department of Temporomandibular Disorders, Orofacial Pain and Dental Sleep Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

Ignacio Ardizone García MDS, Ph.D

Consultant, Department of Temporomandibular Disorders, Orofacial Pain and Dental Sleep Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

Louis G. Mercuri DDS, MS 

Visiting Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, United States; Adjunct Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois, Chicago, United States; Clinical Consultant for Stryker/TMJ Concepts, Ventura California, United States

Suzie Bergman DDS, IFWDC

Instructor with focus on TMJ and Orthodontics; Dentistry on Officers Row; McGann Postgraduate School of Dentistry; Progressive Orthodontic Seminars, Vancouver, Washington, United States

M. Anthony Pogrel DDS, MD, FRCS

Professor Emeritus, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, UCSF School of Dentistry, UCSF Dental Center, San Francisco, California, United States

Andrew J. Sidebottom BDS (Hons), FDSRCS (Eng), MB ChB (Hons), FRCS (Eng), FRCS (OMFS), Senior Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery & Specialist in Temporomandibular Joint related Surgery, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Samer Srouji DMD, Ph.D

Professor and Chief of Oral and Maxillofacial Department, Head of Galilee College of Dental Sciences, Naharia, Israel

Mehmet Fatih ŞENTÜRK DDS, Ph.D

Associate Professor (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery) & Vice Dean, Dentistry Faculty, Ankara   Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Turkey

P. Elavenil BDS, MDS, MBA, FDSRCPS(Glasg), FAM

Professor, Dept of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, SRM Dental College, Ramapuram, Chennai, India

Kishore Moturi BDS, MDS, FTMJF 

Professor & Unit Chief, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Vishnu Dental College, Bhimavaram, India

P. Anantanarayanan BDS, MDS, DNB, NMAMS 

Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Preeti G Bhargava BDS, MDS, FTMJF

Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Clinical Lead Associate, TMJ Consultancy Services, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

Vankudoth Dalsingh BDS, MDS, FTMJF

Professor and Unit Chief, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Lenora Institute of Dental   Sciences, Rajahmundry, India