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As the demand for dental sleep medicine continues to grow, so does the responsibility to understand and manage the impact of oral appliance therapy on the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). This lecture empowers dentists with the clinical insight and practical tools needed to confidently navigate TMJ-related challenges—helping prevent complications, improve patient comfort, and enhance long-term treatment success. Learn how to seamlessly integrate TMJ assessment and management into your sleep practice and elevate your standard of care.

At the conclusion of this lecture, participants will be able to: 

• Understand the critical relationship between oral appliance therapy and TMJ function, including key risk factors that influence patient outcomes.
• Detect early signs and symptoms of TMJ dysfunction associated with sleep appliances, allowing for timely intervention and improved case success.
• Apply practical, evidence-based strategies to prevent and manage TMJ complications, ensuring greater patient acceptance, comfort, and long-term compliance with therapy.

Dentists and dental specialists involved in dental sleep medicine, particularly those who evaluate, prescribe, or manage oral appliance therapy for sleep-related breathing disorders. It is especially relevant for clinicians seeking to strengthen their understanding of TMJ function, risk assessment, and complication management to improve patient comfort, adherence, and long-term treatment outcomes.

Dr. Mayoor Patel received his dental degree from the University of Tennessee in 1994.  After graduation he completed a one-year residency in Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD). In 2011, he completed a Masters in Science from Tufts University in the area of craniofacial pain and dental sleep medicine. Dr. Patel is board certified in orofacial pain and dental sleep medicine. Presently, Dr. Patel is a co-founder of the British Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, Ben-Pat Institute and a visiting faculty at Tufts University.  He also served on the American Academy of Craniofacial Pain as secretary, board member of the British Society of Dental Sleep Medicine, and a board member and as examination chair for the American Board of Craniofacial Pain and Craniofacial Dental Sleep Medicine. In the past has served as a founding and board member of the Georgia Association of Sleep Professionals. Since 2003, Dr. Patel has limited his practice to the treatment of TMJ disorders, headaches, orofacial pain and Sleep Apnea.  Additional contributions have been published a textbook for Dental Sleep Medicine and numerous textbook chapters on orofacial pain and dental sleep medicine, consumer books, one on treatment options for sleep apnea and the other on understanding temporomandibular disorders, and various professional and consumer articles. Dr. Patel speaks nationally and internationally on topics of dental sleep medicine, orofacial pain and TMJ disorders. 

Dr. Patel does disclose potential conflicts of interest as consultant for True Function Laboratories, BenPat Inst, NPM, Tuft University, Concord Seminars.

Content for this lecture was last reviewed and approved by the AADSM, on June 11, 2026.

Original record date: June 11, 2026
Expiration date: None*

*Course content is reviewed every 3 years to ensure it is current and accurate. Should it be determined that course content is no longer current or accurate, content will expire. The AADSM will communicate that information to all registered attendees and course access will be removed.  

This educational offering was funded exclusively by the AADSM. For questions regarding the content of this program or for technical assistance, contact the AADSM at info@aadsm.org or 630-686-9875.

The American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to ADA CERP at www.ADA.org/cerp. The American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine designates this activity for 1 continuing education credit(s).