BOSTON DENTIST
TMJ TREATMENT, DENTAL IMPLANTS, PERIODONTICS
Dr. Robert S. Rosenbaum, D.M.D.
Current Positions:
- President, American Board of Orofacial Pain
- Diplomat, American Board of Orofacial Pain
- President-elect, American Academy of Orofacial Pain
- Member, Executive Committee, American Academy of Orofacial
Pain
- Course Director, TMD and Orofacial Pain, Boston University
Goldman School of Graduate Dentistry
- Editor, Orofacial Pain with Evidence-Based TMD Guidelines
- Member, American Academy of Craniofacial Pain
- Member, American Pain Society
- Member, American Headache Society
- Member, American Dental Association
- Member, Metropolital District Dental Society
- Member, American Academy of Periodontology
- Member, American Osseointegration Society
Orofacial Pain Treatment Boston
Orofacial pain is a new field of dentistry dedicated
to helping patients through the diagnosis and treatment of pain
affecting the head, neck, and face. It includes the conservative
treatment of TMD/TMJ including self-management at home by the patient,
TMD splints (also called mandibular orthopedic repositioning appliances)
and physical therapy. In addition, orofacial pain dentists treat
headaches such as migraine, neuralgias such as trigeminal neuralgia,
and toothaches of nondental origin, which are toothaches that have
not responded to usual dental treatments.
Periodontics and Implant Dentistry Boston
Periodontics is the specialty of dentistry dedicated
to helping patients retain their natural teeth and to replace teeth
with dental implants when necessary. Periodontal disease is usually
treated conservatively with deep scaling, root planning, oral or
topical antibiotics, and good oral hygiene practiced at home by
the patient. If needed, periodontists perform periodontal surgery
that may include bone recontouring, bone grafts, and gingival (gum)
grafts. For patients who are having the front teeth treated cosmetically,
periodontists work help the patient’s primary care dentist
by performing periodontal plastic surgery to make the gingival tissue
looks as natural as new teeth.
When dental implants are needed periodontists perform
ridge augmentation bone grafts, sinus augmentation (sinus lift)
surgery and placement of titanium dental implants. Periodontists
collaborate with a patient’s personal primary care dentist
to create a hopefully permanent, cosmetic dentition.
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