Learn how to conduct a comprehensive dental exam of a new patient who might be suffering from Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Comprehensive Dental Exam for New OSA Patients Below are the elements of a physical examination that should be conducted when assessing a possible...
5 Steps to Accurately Diagnose Chronic Trigeminal Neuropathy
Accurately diagnose the cause of neuropathic pains occuring in the trigeminal region such as atypical odontalgia, phantom tooth pain, burning mouth syndrome. Chronic Trigeminal Neuropathy Symptoms Pain that is continuous or burning Pain that does not have a clinically...
How to Conduct an Obstructive Sleep Apnea Workup
Learn how to complete a clinical report, standard medical interview, and physical and TMD examination for all new patients requiring a workup for sleep-disordered breathing. Clinical Report of Patient or Bed-Partner Bed partners of patients with obstructive sleep...
Diagnosing Trigeminal Neuralgia: Allodynia Mapping and Testing
Dr. Clark, Director of USC’s Online Master’s Degree in Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine, teaches dental residents how to map, cold test, and anesthetic test Allodynia Zones to diagnose Chronic Trigeminal Neuralgia. Allodynia Mapping Neuropathic pain almost always...
Imaging Obstructive Sleep Apnea & Sleep Disordered Breathing
Discover how to image the airway obstruction site with patients suffering from Obstructive Sleep Apnea and other Sleep Breathing Disorders with Dr. Glenn Clark of the Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine program at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC. Can you...
Diagnosing Trigeminal Neuralgia: Conduct Neuropathic Pain Questionnaires
This blog is step 4 of Dr. Glenn Clark’s 5-step process for diagnosing Chronic Trigeminal Neuralgia. Dr. Clark, Director of USC's Online Master’s Degree in Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine teaches dental residents how to diagnose neuropathic pain from nociceptive. By...
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Snoring vs. Simple Snoring
This article is part 4 of Dr. Glenn Clark’s lecture on Sleep Disordered Breathing for Dental Residents of the Online Master of Science in Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine program at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC. Can acoustics distinguish Obstructive...
Diagnosing Trigeminal Neuralgia: Rule Out Tooth Fracture
This blog is step number 3 of Dr. Glenn Clark’s 5-step process for diagnosing Chronic Trigeminal Neuralgia. Dr. Clark, Director of the Online Master’s Degree in Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, explores how to rule out...
Snoring Disorders For Dentists
This article is part 3 of Dr. Glenn Clark's lecture on Sleep Disordered Breathing for Dental Residents of the Online Master of Science in Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine program at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC. What is snoring? Primary snoring is...
What is Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)?
This is part 2 of Dr. Glenn Clark's lecture on Sleep Breathing Disorders for Dental Residents of the online Master of Science in Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine program at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC. Although the field of sleep disorders...
How to Conduct an Endo-Ice Test to Prove Irreversible Pulpitis
This is step 2 of Dr. Glenn Clark's 5-step process for diagnosing Chronic Trigeminal Neuralgia. Dr. Clark is the Director of the Online Master’s Degree in Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC. Cold Testing Tooth Vitality...
Diagnosing Trigeminal Neuralgia: Rule out Local Pathology
Ruling out local pathology is step 1 of Dr. Glenn Clark’s 5-step process for diagnosing Chronic Trigeminal Neuralgia. Dr. Clark is the Director of the Online Master’s Degree in Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC. Rule out...
Relieving Migraine Headache Pain with Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation
If you suffer from migraine headaches, you are not alone. In fact, the National Institutes of Health reports that around 12 percent of the U.S. population gets them. Migraine headaches are recurring attacks of pain that people experience which range from moderate...