Welcome letter | The 1st International and the 19th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for the Temporomandibular Joint

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The 1st International and the 19th Annual Meeting of
the Japanese Society for the Temporomandibular Joint

It is a great honor for Aichi-Gakuin University to hold the 1st International and the 19th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for the Temporomandibular Joint in Nagoya, Japan. The membership of the Japanese Society for the Temporomandibular Joint consists of people who are interested in basic and clinical studies of the temporomandibular joints. This meeting is jointly held by the Department of Pathology and the First Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Aichi-Gakuin University. It is also significant that, for the first time, the 1st International Meeting of the Japanese Society for the Temporomandibular Joint will be held along with the 19th Annual Meeting.
This Convention will take place at Nagoya Congress Center for a period of three days from Wednesday, July 19 to Friday, July 21, 2006. The council meeting is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, July 18, 2006. Since this is an International Meeting, all poster presentations will be made in English. Oral presentations on the 19th (Wednesday) and the 21st (Friday) will be made in Japanese or English.
The entire program is as follows.

Day 1: Wednesday, July 19
Interpretation (English-Japanese) will be available for the programs below.

1) Special Lecture 1:

"TMD: Past, Present and Future" by Dr. D. Laskin (Virginia Commonwealth University)

2) Educational Lectures:

"Current and Future of TMJ Imaging" by Dr. P.L. Westesson (University of Rochester)
"TMJ Animal Model" by Dr. A.N. Goss (Adelaide University)
"Temporomandibular Disorder and Regenerative Medicine" by Dr. Y. Tabata (Kyoto University)

3) Japan-Korea Friendship Hour:

Dr. H. Chung (Korean Society for Temporomandibular Joint Corporation); Dr. Kim TW (Seoul National University); Dr.Leesungbok R (Kyung Hee University); Dr. Kim YK (Seoul National University, Bundang Hospital)

Day 2: Thursday, July 20
Simultaneous interpretation (English-Japanese) will be available for the following programs.

1) Special Lecture 2:

"Involuntary Movement Involving the Facial and Masticatory Muscles"
by Dr. J. Kimura (University of Iowa)

2) Symposium:

"Temporomandibular Disorder, Oral Facial Pain and Psychosocial Factors" by Dr. Y. Kobayashi (Nippon Dental University); Dr. C. Stohler (University of Maryland); Dr. H. Wake (Midori Pediatric Dental Clinic)
"Temporomandibular Disorder and Anti-inflammation Treatment" by Dr. G.M. Heir (University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey); Dr. D.W. Nitzan (Hadassah, School of Dental Medicine); Dr. J. Ishimaru (Gifu Prefectural Gifu Hospital)
"Physiotherapy for Temporomandibular Disorder" by Dr. T. Haketa (Tokyo Medical and Dental University); Dr. T. Minami (Teikyo Orthopedics Clinic); Dr. K. Kurita (Aichi-Gakuin University)

3) Topics Discussion:
"Mastication and Temporomandibular Disorder" by Dr. M. Watanabe (Tohoku University); Discussion participants undecided.

Day 3: Friday, July 21
There will be no interpreter (Japanese-English) available for the following programs, namely, oral presentations, poster presentations, society-awarded lectures and evaluation tests for a specialist certification of the temporomandibular joint disease.

Located roughly in the center of Japan, Nagoya is an important crossroads for transportation. It was almost four hundred years ago that Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa built Nagoya Castle, leading to the foundation of Nagoya where Aichi-Gakuin University School of Dentistry is now located. Today, Nagoya has grown into a large modern city with museums of art, an aquarium, a zoo and numerous other cultural facilities. In 2005, Aichi World Exposition Japan took place near Nagoya. It is also well known that Chubu International Airport (Centrair) located near Nagoya opened in the same year. Based on these developments, it can be said that today Nagoya becomes one of Japan's most energetic cities, rich with history and culture. We hope that you will visit various famous places in Nagoya City when attending this International Convention of the Temporomandibular Joints. We extend a hearty welcome to all participants, hoping that you will enjoy staying in Nagoya City in Japan.

(President of the Meeting: Yoichiro Kameyama, Professor, Department of Pathology, and Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Meeting: Kenichi Kurita, Professor, the First Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Aichi-Gakuin University School of Dentistry)

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