Proposal for a Hands-On-Workshop at the IADR General Session 2017 in San Francisco, CA

Proposal for a Hands-On-Workshop at the IADR General Session 2017 in San Francisco, CA

Title:

Assessment of Bruxism Status.

Day/Date/Duration:

Monday/March 20th, 2017/All-day (invitation-only).

Proposal description:

While the new definition of bruxism as a repetitive jaw-muscle activity characterized by teeth grinding or clenching (Lobbezoo et al., J Oral Rehabil 2013;40:2-4) has been widely accepted, the proposed grading system of “possible”, “probable”, and “definite” bruxism, indicating that a certain assessment method for bruxism has a lesser or greater likelihood to be valid, has yielded the following essential question: “How do we establish an individual’s bruxism status in a reliable, valid, and relevant way?” In this context, “relevant” means that apart from the jaw-muscle activity being absent or present, it should also be established which actual or potential severe negative consequences can be associated with the individual’s jaw-muscle activity. This would enable establishing whether the activity is a actually disorder (i.e., associated with severe negative consequences) or “just” a jaw-motor behavior that may even have positive consequences for the bruxer. It will be this all-day, invitation-only workshop’s aim to reach consensus about the methods needed for a “relevant” assessment of the bruxism status in individual cases. A group of international bruxism experts will be invited to construct a proposal to that end.

Sponsoring Scientific Group/Network:

International RDC/TMD Consortium Network of the IADR.

Track:

Clinician track.

Learning objectives:

-  Construct a proposal for relevant methods to assess an individual’s bruxism status;

-  Develop a research agenda for necessary studies on this topic.

People:

Participation in this closed one-day workshop will be on the basis of invitation only. Researchers and clinicians with various backgrounds and from geographically diverse locations will be invited, provided that they have a demonstrable affinity with bruxism. The following individuals will be approached:

-  Frank Lobbezoo (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) – Expert, Organizer & Chairperson

-  Jari Ahlberg (Helsinki, Finland) -- Expert

-  Antoon De Laat (Leuven, Belgium) -- Expert

-  Alan Glaros (Kansas City, MO, USA) -- Expert

-  Takafumi Kato (Osaka, Japan) -- Expert

-  Kiyoshi Koyano (Fukuoka, Japan) -- Expert

-  Gilles Lavigne (Montreal, QC, Canada) -- Expert

-  Reny de Leeuw (Lexington, KY, USA) -- Expert

-  Daniele Manfredini (Padova, Italy) -- Expert

-  Karen Raphael (New York, NY, USA) -- Expert

-  Peter Svensson (Aarhus, Denmark) -- Expert

-  Peter Wetselaar (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) -- Expert

-  Efraim Winocur (Tel Aviv, Israel) -- Expert

Keywords:

-  Bruxism

-  Assessment

-  Consensus

Miscellaneous:

-  This hands-on workshop will be an all-day, invitation-only event.

-  Projection possibilities would be appreciated.

-  The outcomes of this workshop will be described in a peer-reviewed publication authored by all participants to the closed workshop.

Audio recording:

-  No audio recording needed.