Eric Schiffman, DDS, MS

Eric Schiffman, DDS, MS is a professor and former director of the Division of TMD and Orofacial Pain at the School of Dentistry at the University of Minnesota. In 1982, he received his dental degree from the School of Dentistry at the University of Iowa. In 1983 he completed a general practice residency (GPR) at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN where he was trained to do general dentistry on medically compromised patients and saw patients with orofacial trauma in the emergency room setting. He was then the first resident to complete the 2-year TMD and Orofacial Pain Residency Program at the School of Dentistry at the University of Minnesota in 1985; and concurrently, obtained a Master of Science in Oral Biology in 1986. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain (ABOP). Finally, he is a co-owner and practices at the Minnesota Head and Neck Pain Clinic, a multi-disciplinary pain clinic with 4 locations in the Twin Cities.

Dr. Schiffman has received over $12 million in NIH/NIDCR funding. His research interest including developing validated diagnostic criteria for the most common temporomandibular disorders (TMD) including disorders involving the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). He has also completed numerous randomized clinical trials (RCT) investigating the relative effectiveness of home based self-care as compared to jaw exercises and medications. He also completed a RCT with a 5-year follow-up assessing the relative effectiveness on non-surgical and surgical treatments for advanced TMJ pathology. This research found that surgery is rarely needed to treat even advance TMJ disorders. His current funded research focuses on the impact of TMJ disorders, including disc displacements and degenerative joint disease, on jaw pain, function and disability.

Dr. Schiffman provides didactic instruction regarding the epidemiology of TMD including the diagnosis and management of patients with acute to chronic temporomandibular disorders (TMD) and associated headaches. He is an expert on the indications and contraindications for temporomandibular (TMJ) surgery.
 

Dr. Schiffman has expertise in many areas of orofacial pain with special expertise in the differential diagnosis of TMD, orofacial pain disorders and related headache disorders. His management team for comprehensive TMD rehabilitation typically involves a team of dentists, physical therapists and health psychologists as well as
 

TMD/Orofacial Pain Residency Program, Residency
University of Minnesota
 

Award: Management of Painful Temporomandibular Disorders(TMD)-T
Principal Investigator: Schiffman, Eric L
Sponsoring Organization: THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
Award Dates: 2017 - 2019

Award: The National Dental PBNR (Assessing the Management of TM
Principal Investigator: Schiffman, Eric L
Sponsoring Organization: THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
Award Dates: 2014 - 2019

Award: The National Dental PBRN
Principal Investigator: Nixdorf, Donald R
Sponsoring Organization: THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
Award Dates: 2014 - 2019

Award: Simplifying the diagnostic process of TMJD pain
Principal Investigator: John, Mike Torsten
Sponsoring Organization: NIH NIDCR NATL INST OF DENTAL
Award Dates: 2013 - 2015

Award: TMJ Intra-Articular Disorders: Impact on Pain, Functioni
Principal Investigator: Schiffman, Eric L
Sponsoring Organization: NIH NIDCR NATL INST OF DENTAL
Award Dates: 2011 - 2015

Award: TMJ Intra-Articular Disorders: Impact on Pain, Functioni
Principal Investigator: Schiffman, Eric L
Sponsoring Organization: NIH NIDCR NATL INST OF DENTAL
Award Dates: 2011 - 2015

Award: TMJ Intra-Articular Disorders: Impact on Pain, Functioni
Principal Investigator: Schiffman, Eric L
Sponsoring Organization: NIH NIDCR NATL INST OF DENTAL
Award Dates: 2011 - 2015

Award: TMJ Intra-Articular Disorders: Impact on Pain, Functioni
Principal Investigator: Schiffman, Eric L
Sponsoring Organization: NIH NIDCR NATL INST OF DENTAL
Award Dates: 2011 - 2015

Award: An ontology for pain and related disability, mental heal
Principal Investigator: Schiffman, Eric L
Sponsoring Organization: THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK BUFFALO
Award Dates: 2011 - 2014

Award: Research Diagnostic Criteria: Reliability & Validity
Principal Investigator: Schiffman, Eric L
Sponsoring Organization: NIH NIDCR NATL INST OF DENTAL
Award Dates: 2001 - 2008

Award: Research Diagnostic Criteria: Reliability & Validity
Principal Investigator: Schiffman, Eric L
Sponsoring Organization: NIH NIDCR NATL INST OF DENTAL
Award Dates: 2001 - 2008

Award: Research Diagnostic Criteria: Reliability & Validity
Principal Investigator: Schiffman, Eric L
Sponsoring Organization: NIH NIDCR NATL INST OF DENTAL
Award Dates: 2001 - 2008

Award: Research Diagnostic Criteria: Reliability & Validity
Principal Investigator: Schiffman, Eric L
Sponsoring Organization: NIH NIDCR NATL INST OF DENTAL
Award Dates: 2001 - 2008