Hunter Postgraduate Medical Institute
Temporomandibular Disorders: Practical Assessment and Management for General Practice
Free in-practice education for health professionals. Expert-led sessions with CPD approval and coffee provided.
Date: Thursday, 2 July 2026
Time: 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Location: Ochre Medical Centre (1 Royal Place, New Lambton)
CPD: RACGP & ACRRM (1 hour)
Cost: Free
Coffee provided
About this meeting
- Small in-practice learning sessions
- Open to all health professionals
- Led by experienced specialists
- Certificate of attendance available on request
What you will learn
- Recognise and differentiate common disorders of the TMJ
- Identify key clinical features of myofascial pain, internal derangement, and TMJ osteoarthrosis
- Apply a stepwise approach to management and referral of TMD
Speaker
Dr Ben Gupta, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Lake Macquarie Private Hospital
Dr Gupta qualified from the University of Liverpool, UK, in 2001 with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery. He worked as a General Dental Practitioner around the North East of England until 2004, undertaking further training in orthodontics, oral surgery and dental sedation. He accepted a post as a Senior House Officer in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham.
Dr Gupta then accepted a job at Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia. Subsequently, he completed a Bachelor of Medicine at the University of Newcastle in 2009. He undertook medical, emergency, critical care and surgical rotations within the Hunter junior medical officer network.
He completed his surgical training in 2016 within the NSW and ACT network, working in Sydney and Canberra hospitals. He then accepted a Fellowship position back at Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham. He furthered his skills in Temporomandibular Joint Surgery and surgical correction of sleep apnoea and complex facial deformity, including cleft and distraction osteogenesis.
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