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• Re: TMJD Patient Conference 2000: (BEWARE) (Archive under TMJ.) Walt Stoll 17:56:41 2/06/00 (0)

In Reply to: TMJD Patient Conference 2000: posted by painperson on February 05, 2000 at 09:45:23:

Hi, painperson.

Knowledge is ALWAYS a good thing. MY concern is that the vast majority of "professionals" in this field are grossly ignorant about what causes this and what to DO about it.

Remember, for 20 years, these same experts bent all of their efforts to removing the licenses (and denying insurance payments to those treating it) of the first dentists to actually describe this condition and what caused it. NOW, they are too embarrased to condescend to learn anything from those wronged professionals and so, they are rediscovering and reinventing the condition as they go along.

I would hope that those presenting at this conference would be knowledgable but the odds are distinctly against it.

Anyone putting their heads into THIS lion's mouth, would best gain some understanding of the condition by spending a few hours on the glossary, homepage, search engine and archives about it.

THEN, I would hope those thus girded would ask some pointed questions at the conference. There is nothing like good questions to puncture the bubble of those setting themselves up as experts when they are nothing such. THEY know if they are not getting good results. THEY are likely wondering why, when others doing what I have described here ARE.

MOST physicians really DO want to help their patients. You would not believe the professional pressures they have to buck to do so in this condition.

I had a true TMJ dentist in my centre for many years. I saw literally dozens of failed TMJ patients, that he saved from a lifetime of disability, who had gone to the dentists trained at the local dental school to do what this conference is likely going to present. This same dental school took the license fo MY dentist for suggesting that TMJ existed.

Let us know what you learn.

Walt