Craniofacial Pain: Temporomandibular Disorders and Beyond

本書為所有面對困難患者的臨床醫師提供了一個廣泛且基於證據的資源，這些患者患有顳顎關節疾病（TMD）。書中解釋了頭頸部顱面及肌筋膜疼痛的常見原因、TMD的治療模式及相關症狀。提供了有關顳顎關節解剖學、TMD流行病學和病理學的背景資訊，並討論了如治療目標和運動障礙等進階主題。所有章節遵循統一的綱要和材料質量。

這本參考資料豐富的書籍引起了人們對顱面疼痛診斷和介入缺乏重視和理解的關注，並使讀者能夠優化對TMD患者的基本治療。

Dr. Brendan C. Stack, Jr., M.D., FACS, FACE attended Brigham Young University and graduated with AOA and Sigma Xi honor societies from Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA in 1989. Dr. Stack was trained in Surgery for two years and then Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery for four years at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. Dr. Stack completed a Fellowship in Head and Neck Oncology and Microvascular Reconstruction accredited by the Joint Council for Approval of Advanced training in Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery in 1997 at the University of Washington, Seattle. While in Seattle, Dr. Stack also completed a post-doctoral fellowship in molecular biology at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle and served as an Instructor at the University of Washington School of Medicine and on the medical staff of the Seattle VA Medical Center.

Dr. Stack is the former Professor of and Chairman of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL and had been a faculty member at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, and St. Louis University. Dr. Stack has authored over 300 peer-reviewed papers, chapters, and internet articles. Dr. Stack was editor of Medical and Surgical Treatment of Parathyroid Diseases - An evidence-based approach, Cham Switzerland: Springer International Publishing 2016, Neck Dissection, Berlin, Germany: Thieme, 2018, and Matrix Head and Neck Reconstruction: A defect based and scalable atlas for the management of oncologic and traumatic defects, Cham Switzerland: Springer International Publishing 2023. He has presented at over 350 meetings regionally, nationally, and internationally. He collaborated on grants from the NIH, NSF and other public and private organizations.

Dr. Stack has appeared on or been cited by local and national media numerous times. He served on the editorial boards of Head and Neck, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Video Endocrinology, and the ENT journal. He has served on review panels for the National Institutes of Health and review agencies for the nations of Singapore, Italy, and England. Dr. Stack is listed in "Best Doctors" of America (since 2006), "Guide to America's Top Surgeons" (since 2004), "Guide to America's Top Physicians" (since 2009), Castle and Connolly Top Doctors and Cancer Specialists (since 2014), and "Top Thyroid Doctors" (since 2004).

Revathi Shekar, BDS, MDS is a board-certified oral medicine specialist and Assistant Professor affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine. She also serves as an Attending an Physician at University Dental Health Services and is a consulting staff member of UPMC Presbyterian. She earned her dental degree from The Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India and a Master's degree in Oral Pathology and Microbiology from The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai, India. She completed an Oral Medicine Residency at Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Medicine.

She provides care to patients who have complex oral diseases, and lays emphasis on patient education, motivation, and person-centered care. Her areas of interest include the diagnosis and management of oral mucosal diseases such as oral ulcerations, lichen planus, leukoplakia, pemphigoid and pemphigus; salivary gland diseases; neurologic and chemosensory impairment of the maxillofacial region including conditions such as burning mouth syndrome and atypical facial pain, orofacial pain conditions including temporomandibular disorders and trigeminal neuralgia, and oral complications from cancer treatment such as mucositis, graft-versus-host disease and jaw osteonecrosis.

Dr. Anthony B. Sims received his D.D.S. degree from Ohio State University in 1983. He has an Integrative Medicine Doctorate and a Doctor of Humanitarian Services degree. He has a general dental practice for over 37 years and is currently in Ellicott City, Maryland, where he also treats TMD, snoring/sleep apnea and TMD associated movement disorders as Tourette syndrome, Cervical Dystonia and other disorders without medications and/or surgery. He enjoys the systematic application of how dentistry interrelates with the many different types of movement disorders. He was a clinical mentee of Dr. Stack, Sr. for a decade.

Dr. Sims is a member of the American Academy of Craniofacial Pain, National Spasmodic Torticollis Assoc., Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Assoc., The Board of Integrative Medicine and The World Organization of Natural Medicine. He has spoken in the United States, Japan, Brazil, Canada and Europe on the perspective dentistry has on the possible abeyance of certain movement disorders. He has published the results of his treatment in peer-reviewed journals and books.

Dr. Brendan C. Stack, Jr., M.D., FACS, FACE 於1989年畢業於布里根漢大學，並從維吉尼亞東部醫學院（Eastern Virginia Medical School）獲得AOA和Sigma Xi榮譽學會的學位。Stack醫生在南佛羅里達大學（University of South Florida）接受了兩年的外科訓練，隨後又在該校進行了四年的耳鼻喉科-頭頸外科訓練。1997年，Stack醫生在華盛頓大學（University of Washington）完成了頭頸腫瘤學和微血管重建的專科訓練，該訓練獲得了頭頸腫瘤外科高級訓練的聯合委員會認證。在西雅圖期間，Stack醫生還在弗雷德哈欽森癌症研究中心（Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center）完成了分子生物學的博士後研究，並擔任華盛頓大學醫學院的講師，以及西雅圖退伍軍人醫療中心的醫療人員。

Stack醫生曾擔任南伊利諾伊大學醫學院耳鼻喉科-頭頸外科的教授及主任，並曾在阿肯色醫學科學大學、賓夕法尼亞州立大學和聖路易斯大學任教。Stack醫生已發表超過300篇經過同行評審的論文、章節和網路文章。他是《副甲狀腺疾病的醫療和外科治療 - 一種基於證據的方法》（Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing 2016）、《頸部清掃》（Berlin, Germany: Thieme, 2018）和《頭頸重建的矩陣：一個基於缺損的可擴展圖譜，用於腫瘤和創傷缺損的管理》（Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing 2023）的編輯。他在地區、全國和國際會議上發表演講超過350次，並與NIH、NSF及其他公共和私人機構合作申請研究經費。

Stack醫生多次出現在地方和全國媒體上或被引用。他曾擔任《頭頸部》、《耳鼻喉科-頭頸外科》、《視頻內分泌學》和《耳鼻喉科期刊》的編輯委員會成員。他曾擔任美國國立衛生研究院的審查小組成員，以及新加坡、意大利和英國的審查機構成員。Stack醫生自2006年以來被列入美國「最佳醫生」名單，自2004年以來被列入「美國頂尖外科醫生指南」，自2009年以來被列入「美國頂尖醫生指南」，自2014年以來被列入Castle和Connolly的頂尖醫生及癌症專家名單，以及自2004年以來的「頂尖甲狀腺醫生」。

Revathi Shekar, BDS, MDS 是一位經過認證的口腔醫學專家，並擔任匹茲堡大學牙醫學院的助理教授。她同時在大學牙科健康服務擔任主治醫師，並是UPMC Presbyterian的顧問醫療人員。她在印度班加羅爾的拉吉夫甘地健康科學大學獲得牙科學位，並在印度金奈的泰米爾納德邦MGR醫科大學獲得口腔病理學和微生物學碩士學位。她在哈佛牙醫學院和布里根婦女醫院完成了口腔醫學住院醫師訓練，並是美國口腔醫學委員會的認證醫師。

她為患有複雜口腔疾病的病人提供護理，並強調病人教育、動機和以人為本的護理。她的研究興趣包括口腔黏膜疾病的診斷和管理，如口腔潰瘍、扁平苔蘚、白斑、膠原病和天疱瘡；唾液腺疾病；以及顏面區的神經和化學感覺障礙，包括燒灼口症和非典型面痛等情況，顏面疼痛狀況，包括顳顎關節障礙和三叉神經痛，以及癌症治療引起的口腔併發症，如黏膜炎、移植物對抗宿主病和下頜骨壞死。

Dr. Anthony B. Sims 獲得了俄亥俄州立大學的D.D.S.學位。