About Dr. Mark Friedmanpdf
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  1. About Dr. Mark Friedman:Dr. Mark Friedman was an expert on TMJ dysfunction and associated pain syndromes. He devised a system for doctors to easily examine a patient to diagnose and treat patients with these syndromes. The system is outlined in a workbook that can be downloadedfree of charge here (Click link).More on Dr. Friedman:Putting dad’s work online:Why I’m giving away my father’s TMJ textbookBy Adam FriedmanAfter nearly 30 years of practice, my dad, Dr. Mark Friedman, grewtired of dentistryand beganto searchfor something else to occupyhis mind. His exploration resulted inover 40 journal articles,a textbook, numerous book chapters,a TMJ newsletter, and countless lectures. He also became the Director of the TMJ clinic at Westchester Medical Center and a Professor of Medicine at New York Medical College. Unfortunately, despite his ownprogress, he seemed to believethat the TMJ field was still as unscientificas when he had entered.Patients would often come to him withsymptoms thathad beenmisdiagnosed as TMJ causingothermedical conditionsto remainuntreated.For years I feared that hisadvanceswould one day die with him. Thankfully, before he passed away, he consolidated his techniques into a clinical guidebook. His approach to diagnosing and treating TMJ dysfunctionseemed obvious–learn the principles that specialists use to treat the other 229joints in the body and apply those principles to the special conditions of the TMJ. His original techniques were developedin collaboration with a physical therapist, Professor Joseph WeisbergPH.D,who taught him the basics ofjoint and muscle function andthe functional interrelationship between the muscles of mastication and cervical muscles. In his car,my dadwould listen to lectures of Dr. BertrandAgus, a prominent rheumatologist. Hewas dejected whenhiscar was robbed because thetapes were stolen. I always wished I could see the criminal’sfacewhen hefirst heard Dr. Agus explaininginflammatory disorders.When I was a teenager,my father allowedProfessor Hillel Nathan, a world renowned anatomist, to live in our den for months during his U.S.sabbaticals in exchange for instruction intheanatomyof the TMJand related structures.The videos my father madeof Professor Nathan’s dissections of the TMJ and muscles of mastication have beenused by over 40 medical and dental schools.Nowadays weincreasinglyhear discussions ofevidence based medicine. Ithinkone of the things that made my fatherso effective was that this conceptwas woven into his DNA. He would cast aside dogma like an old shoe. When he began migrating away from dentistry, he became interestedinappliedkinesiology. Since he would have soldhis soul for an extra 10 yards off the tee, he was enthralled by the theory that asmall change in the bite could increase arm strength. There was no literature to support the claims so heand Dr. Weisbergconducted a double blind study. The technique was ineffective,and he discardedit overnight. Evaluating the effectiveness of his techniques with this dispassionate eye overdecades in a practice exclusively devoted to head and neck pain made him aleader in the field.After
  2. developinga PowerPointfor afull day lecture at the national ADA meeting, he decided to consolidate the presentation into a clinical handbook of TMJ diagnosis and treatment.He passed away before it was published.The handbookisbrief (only 36pages) but packed dense with clinically useful information. While it provides an indispensible foundation for anyone interested in treating TMJ disorders, I believe one of the most important audiences isdentists with no interest in ever treatingTMJ. In just a fewpagesheoutlines thefour-minute screeninghe usedto determine whether symptoms result froma TMJ condition or possibly something more sinister. I rememberone patient treated for years for TMJ dysfunction thatmy father immediately sent to a neurologist. He had a brain tumor removed soon after and would have died if my father had attempted to treat him. Another patient was referred to my father with “TMJ dysfunction.” He quickly called a physician and implored him to see the patient “immediately.” The patient had temporal arteritisand vision in one eye was saved because of my father’s quick response. Tohelp my father continue improving treatment in the field, I have made a pdf file of the Handbookof TMJ Screening and Managementavailable free online. Go to www.lulu.com and search for TMJ, then click also available asa download(the site allows youto purchase a bound copyif you prefer.)The book could do more than help me keep my father’s researchalive, if you master his four-minute screening technique, it may help you keep one of your patients alive as well.http://www.lulu.com/shop/mark-h-friedman-dds/handbook-of-tmj-screening-management-a-practical-guide-to-rapid-diagnosis-and-treatment-of-tmj/ebook/product-17443422.html
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