Events

Date: April 23, 2024
Lecture: Sleep and Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD): How are they related?
Audience: Annual Meeting East Middlesex Dental Society
Overview:
Dr. Amparo David, DMD will share her knowledge about how Sleep and TMD are related given her almost 20 years of experience in working with these patients. Dentists and the staff will learn how to identify symptoms, Dr. David’s treatment approach and she will review several case studies to provide contextual examples of the results she is providing for her patients. This provides attendees with Continuing Education credits.

Date: May 9-11
Event: Nuvola Orthodontic Congress in Florence, Italy
Audience: Dentists, Doctors and other Medical Providers
Overview:
As one of the first 20 TMJ and Sleep Therapy Centres, that now number 70 strong worldwide, Dr. David was an early adopter of the Nuvola Aligner because of the unique benefits it can provide her patients and per invitation from Nuvola, visited their factory in Italy, then attended a three-day congress to further her knowledge for her patients.

Date: May 17-19
Event: American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine Annual Meeting
Overview:
Dr. David is a diplomate in the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, which is a non-profit professional society dedicated exclusively to the practice of dental sleep medicine. The AADSM is the leading national organization representing dentists who treat sleep-disordered breathing, which includes obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and snoring, with oral appliance therapy (OAT). She attend the three-day event to continue to connect with like-minded dentists and to continue to grow her knowledge to provide her patients with sleep disorders with best care possible!

When: September 12 -14
Event: Collaboration Cures
Overview:
Dr. David continually takes a multidisciplinary approach to her learning to be able to provide her patients with the best that dentistry has to offer. To support this goal, she attended the Collaboration Cures Conferences to expand her knowledge, and to continue to collaborate with both medical and dental providers to provide better care for her patients. She believes that she and other like-minded providers can play a play role in both preventing and reversing chronic disease, and she is continually sought after by patients who desire to understand the causes and to seek durable care solutions. This event provided a special learning and networking event on collaborative care. It highlighted how current best practices are moving towards collaborative medical / dental therapies that Dr. David already deploys in her practice, as airway, sleep, oral systemic health, nutrition, toxicity, physical therapy and myofunctional therapy treatments in chronic disease are becoming even more recognized and accepted.

Award: Dr. David becomes a Fellow of the American Academy of Craniofacial Pain (AACFP)
Date: October 25 -26 and the Annual AACFP Meeting
Overview:
Dr. David recently became a Fellow of the American Academy of Craniofacial Pain (AACFP). This prestigious achievement requires nominees over the immediate past two years, to have focused extensively on treating head, neck, craniofacial pain, and TMJ disorders. During this time, Dr David has had to treat a minimum of 100 patients dealing with these conditions.
Her expertise in this area is supported by advanced study and training. This includes successfully completing at least two or more academic years of graduate study in an ADA-accredited dental school program or accumulating a minimum of 200 hours of continuing education courses in the field within the past 10 years.
Additionally, Dr. David had to receive sponsorship from two Academy Fellows, distinct from those who sponsored her application for general membership. Additionally, a signed and notarized affidavit, along with relevant records, is formally submitted to complete the process.

Date: November 6, 2024
Lecture: “Beyond the Bite: Managing TMD and Sleep Disorders with Adjunctive Therapies”
Audience: South County Dental Society of Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Overview:
Dr. Amparo David, DMD will share her knowledge on TMD and Sleep Disorder management by helping Dentists, Specialists and Dental Team members to understand how they can identify the shared etiological factors between TMD and sleep disorders, how she develops an integrative plan for patients suffering from TMD and Sleep disturbances through a multi-disciplinary approach with medical providers and to review how the adjunctive therapies have been successful for patients by reviewing several case studies with the assembled group. This even provides attendees with Continuing Education credits.

Date: November 7-10
Event: World Dentofacial Sleep Society 2024 Meeting
Overview:
In her never-ending pursuit to stay connected to fellow thought leaders around the world in Dental Sleep Medicine, Dr. Amparo David, DMD is a member of the World Dentofacial Sleep Society and traveled to San Francico to connect with like-minded professionals from around the world. The World Dentofacial Sleep Society is a nonprofit organization uniting sleep dentists, surgeons, and other professionals dedicated to advancing the evolving field of dentofacial sleep medicine. The vision of this organization is consistent with Dr. David’s, which is to continue to foster a cohesive network of collaborators and colleagues, who facilitate the exchange of knowledge and mutual learning, on advancements in dental sleep medicine and surgery globally. See Dr. David pictured here with one of her Massachusetts-based collaborators, Dr. Umakanth Katwa, MD, Director of the Sleep Center at Boston Children’s Hospital, who spoke at the conference.

Date: November 21
Topic: Intro to Hard & Soft Tissue Lasers with Airway and Facial Aesthetics
Audience: Dentists
Overview:
Dr. Amparo David, DMD will share her expertise on the Fotona Laser that she has been using within her practice over the last decade. Dentists will learn how use the laser for hard and soft tissue treatments for the airway, Dr. David’s treatment approach and provide a discussion forum for attendees within the onsite Learning classroom within her practice. As a certified Fotona speaker, this one-day course provides attendees with Continuing Education credits.