TMD and Orofacial Pain

Five School of Dentistry faculty members received Veden awards through the Oral Health Clinical Research Center, director Eric Schiffman, DDS, MS, announced in March. 

Happy New Year! Looking in the rearview mirror, 2023 was a great year because we provided excellent patient care, educated learners and advanced our research portfolio.

The School of Dentistry hosted the second Dental MRI Symposium on Thursday and Friday, November 2 and 3, 2023.

Emily Kahnert, DPT, CCTT, received a Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from the University of Minnesota to support her research on telehealth physical therapy for Temporomandibular Disorders.

For Maram Taema, DDS, graduate resident in TMD and Orofacial Pain, choosing a career path was as easy as falling in love.
 

At the School of Dentistry, Qiman has found her place—a path where she can combine her passions and have a real impact on her patients.

“It was like a cluster of fireworks going off on the side of my head for two to three minutes at a time. I felt like my face was burning off. That’s how University of Minnesota School of Dentistry patient and Edina, MN, resident Jim Deanovic describes the pain he experienced for nearly two decades.