AAOP

10/28/2025

Botulinum Toxin in Orofacial Pain Management

📍 Location: Orlando
📅 Date: 4/30/2026
⏰ Time: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM (EDT)

👉 Register Here: https://member.aaop.org/event-6306448

Unlock the potential of innovative therapies in Botulinum Toxin in Orofacial Pain Management. Directed by Dr. Donald Nixdorf and Dr. Isabel Moreno Hay, this full-day course combines cutting-edge science with practical instruction to equip clinicians with the knowledge and skills to integrate botulinum toxin into their orofacial pain practice. Join us to expand your treatment toolkit and explore how this evolving modality can enhance patient outcomes.

10/21/2025

Telehealth for Orofacial Pain: Effectively Expanding Access to Care

📍 Location: Orlando
📅 Date: 4/30/2026
⏰ Time: 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM (EDT)

👉 Register Here: https://member.aaop.org/event-6306439

Explore how virtual care is transforming the field in Telehealth for Orofacial Pain: Effectively Expanding Access to Care. Led by course director Dr. Emily Kahnert, this half-day program provides practical strategies and tools for delivering high-quality, patient-centered orofacial pain management through telehealth. Participants will gain insights into expanding access, improving continuity of care, and extending their clinical impact beyond the traditional setting.

10/14/2025

Hidden Connections: How Systemic Disease Relates to Orofacial Pain

📍 Location: Orlando
📅 Date: 4/30/2026
⏰ Time: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM (EDT)

👉 Register Here: https://member.aaop.org/event-6306428

Expand your understanding of the systemic underpinnings of orofacial pain in Hidden Connections: How Systemic Disease Relates to Orofacial Pain. Guided by course director Dr. Davis Thomas, this full-day session will explore the vital interplay between systemic health and orofacial pain management. Through case-based learning, participants will learn how to identify systemic comorbidities, apply streamlined workups, and recognize when systemic conditions may be driving orofacial pain. With over 80% of OFP/TMD patients affected by systemic factors, this course offers essential insights to improve diagnostic accuracy, optimize treatment planning, and avoid unnecessary or ineffective interventions.

09/23/2025

Reminder!

September 24, 2025 | 5:00 PM (PDT)

Live CE Event: Headaches & Orofacial Pain

Online | 1 CE Credit

Join Dr. Dace Zvirbulis, Division Chief of Headache and Facial Pain at Henry Ford Hospital, for an engaging session on the differential diagnosis of facial pain.

Learn to define and describe primary headache disorders and cranial neuralgia
Differentiate between types of headache disorders presenting with facial pain

Don’t miss this chance to expand your clinical expertise and earn CE credit!
Register now: https://learn.aaop.org/products/headaches-orofacial-pain -product_tab_speaker_s

09/17/2025

Live CE Event: Headaches & Orofacial Pain

September 24, 2025 | 5:00 PM (PDT)

Online | 1 CE Credit

Join Dr. Dace Zvirbulis, Division Chief of Headache and Facial Pain at Henry Ford Hospital, for an engaging session on the differential diagnosis of facial pain.

Learn to define and describe primary headache disorders and cranial neuralgia
Differentiate between types of headache disorders presenting with facial pain

Don’t miss this chance to expand your clinical expertise and earn CE credit!
Register now: https://learn.aaop.org/products/headaches-orofacial-pain -product_tab_speaker_s

09/16/2025

We are excited to announce that registration is now open for the American Academy of Orofacial Pain's 50th Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting!

Join colleagues for this landmark celebration of five decades advancing the science and practice of orofacial pain.

Register: https://tinyurl.com/4wnz4ym3

08/08/2025

07/21/2025

It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Dr. Monica Hamilton. Monica graduated from the 2-year CODA approved program in Orofacial Pain at the University of Kentucky in June 2025. She was a dedicated clinician that touched the lives of many patients and was deeply appreciated by her peers. Monica exemplified perseverance, resilience, and was an inspiration both professionally and personally to everyone. The AAOP offers its condolences to Dr. Monica Hamilton's family and friends.

A celebration of Monica's life will be held at the
Bentonville S.D.A. Church,
2520 SE 14th Street,
Bentonville, AR 72756
at 1:00pm on Sunday, August 24, 2025.

A second celebration of life will be held at the
Eliathah S.D.A. Church,
7550 N. University Dr.,
Tamarac, Florida
at 11:00 am on Sunday, September 21, 2025