American Academy of Facial Esthetics

Come to the #1 Frontline TMJ, Headaches, and Orofacial Pain Live Patient Training Courses for Dental and Medical Professionals, Presented by The American Academy of Facial Esthetics (AAFE).

How to quickly identify and diagnose facial pain patients in your practice – they are everywhere and have been asking you for treatment!
A step by step comprehensive patient examination and evaluation including a one minute maxillofacial neurological exam, a one minute otic exam, and a thorough head and neck muscle examination
Learn why you should not initially spend a dollar on expensive equipment for facial pain diagnosis and treatment
Learn the two most important tools used to diagnose myofascial pain – one is free and the other one will cost you one penny each!
Learn the real secret of the role of occlusion in orofacial pain – don’t suffer from occlusion confusion any more.
Simple, easy ways to quickly identify if facial pain is coming from the TMJ, neuralgia, ear, eyes, or facial muscles

Understand when to use different chemotherapeutics such as sterile saline, lidocaine, and botulinum toxin for differential diagnosis, pain management, and the best short-term and long-term successful therapeutic outcomes
Learn when to treat and when to refer orofacial pain patients
Common sense diagnosis and treatment planning for TMJ syndrome, headaches and orofacial pain patients
Medical insurance reimbursement for the dental/medical practice for myofascial pain patients with a full list of diagnosis and treatment codes to help you get started immediately
Observe many model patients during the day
One on one comprehensive mentored instruction as you work hands-on your model patient

Attendees must be trained in the use of botulinum toxin in order to use those pharmaceutical agents in this course.

AAFE courses provide training equal to and often exceeding the education taught in academic communities around the world over the last 5 decades.

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I really did enjoy AAFE’s combined course of Botulinum Toxins & Dermal Filler Level I and Frontline TMJ and Facial Pain Therapy Level I over a weekend. There is a ton of online learning leading up to the course and there is definitely enough support from the sheer number of staff present. The breakout groups were a decent size and the instructors were friendly and knowledgeable.

My only critique would be that I wish we had more time to do even more hands on learning, as well as maybe even smaller groups so that we could practice more than 1-2 times on live patients. The afternoons always felt like a scramble to make sure everybody got to practice at least once. I wasn’t sure if I was adequately prepared to go forth and offer all the procedures I just learned, and now some months later, I definitely don’t remember or feel qualified to do some of the procedures.

I was also shocked that in addition to the cost of the course, I had to buy all the supplies day of. There were a lot of surprise expenses over the weekend that I hadn’t planned for. If only they included maybe one vial of Botox and/or a filler with the cost, that might have made the price tag a bit more palatable.

If this course is offered in your city or somewhere convenient or fun for you to attend, then by all means. You will get enough out of it and be able to implement the Botox at the very least.

If I had to do it again, I would definitely take the Botox course, probably do the fillers portion, and only consider the TMJ part if I was going to absolutely 100% for certain start implementing it into my practice and offering the services to patients shortly after the course.
2 years ago
Sara Spurlock DDS

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The bulk of the information is presented through an online video database with testing after each portion. This is to be completed prior to the instructional portion/patient demonstration. If you learn best by actually doing this is a good course. The live demonstrations were very brief but the instructors were present to coach you step by step through the injections.
The only negative is that we did injections in a hotel conference room and not a professional setting/location. It is difficult to inject for the very first time in a crowded room with what feels like all eyes on you.
The faculty were extremely patient, kind, and knowledgeable. They made the course worthwhile.
2 years ago

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