This intensive four days course deals in detail with TMJ diseases, their cause, origin and diagnosis with a particular focus on the exact impact on the pathology of the jaw and tooth position.
About the course
TMJ: anatomy and pathology
Development of the dentition and malocclusion which leads to pathology
Diagnosis with TMJ pathology (with practical demonstration and exercises)
The purpose and nature of the splint therapy
Diagnosis and accompanying treatment with osteopathy and manual therapy
Hands-on-centric registration and the philosophy behind it (with practical demonstration and exercises)
The ideal mandibular position and articulation (with practical demonstration and exercises)
Orthodontic treatment of patients with TMJ pathology
The “other” orthodontic diagnosis (with practical demonstration and exercises)
The effect of asymmetries on the TMJ and its treatment
Concept and treatment protocol
Functional testing during the ongoing treatment
Occlusal adjustments
Stabilizing the long-term outcome
Sources of error and their elimination
Programme
Agenda
Day 1: Thursday, 20 March, 2025, 09:00 – 18:00
08:30 – 09:00 Registration & Welcome Coffee
09:00 – 18:00 (approx) Course
Day 2: Friday, 21 March, 2025, 09:00 – 18:00
09:00 – 18:00 (approx) Course
Day 3: Saturday, 22 March, 2025, 09:00 – 18:00
09:00 – 18:00 (approx) Course
Day 4: Sunday, 23 March, 2025, 09:00 – 14:00
09:00 – 14:00 (approx) Course
Taught by:
Dr. Elizabeth Menzel
Degree: Orthodontic specialist
Specialist in
Damon System,
Damon Ultima
Herrsching at lake Ammer, Germany
Dr. Elizabeth Menzel
Degree: Orthodontic specialist
Specialist in
Damon System,
Damon Ultima
Herrsching at lake Ammer, Germany
Biography
1987–1992 Degree in Dentistry B. Ch. D. at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
1992–1994 Postgraduate training as an orthodontist in the practice of Dr. Brigitte König-Toll, Kronberg, Germany
1995–1996 Assistant dentist training for orthodontics in the Department of Orthodontics (Prof. Dr. Helge Fischer-Brandies), University of Kiel, Germany, with an emphasis on jaw diseases and how to treat them (Prof. Axel Bumann)
1997 Examination for specialization in orthodontics by Prof. Dr. Schopf, University of Frankfurt, Germany
since 1998 Orthodontist in a dental/orthodontic group practice in Herrsching at lake Ammer. She also worked in Great Britain and Vilnius, Lithuania for the orthodontic treatment of patients with severe jaw diseases.
since 2003 Damon System User
since 2006 Lecturer, in Europe and overseas
Current focus: Interdisciplinary biodynamic orthodontics, orthodontic treatment of the temporomandibular joint from the diagnostics to the change into a pathology-free centric relationship.
