Category: Learning & Leadership

  • Praise for IDPT-1 Course

    Learning about another career path’s belief system is hard, even for the open-minded! We have been asked to share testimonials from our prior participants in the IDPT-1 course with future prospect participants. We hope this helps, and we welcome any emails for further information about the class. “You did a great job of gently introducing…

  • IDPT-1 Course in Chicago a Success

    IDPT-1 Course in Chicago a Success

    IDPT-1 Course in Chicago was hosted last weekend by Donna Parise Byrne PT OCS PRC http://pilates-central.indiemade.com/content/donna-parise-byrne-pt-ocs-prc and Dan Houglum MSPT ATC/L PRC http://pilates-central.indiemade.com/content/dan-houglum-mspt-atcl-prc. The IDPT-1 Course is all about helping dentists and physical therapists learn where their realms intersect, and to start the process of integrating their services for the benefit of patient’s ultimate healing. Teachers…

  • Caughey & Cantrell teach IPT in Apex, NC

    Caughey & Cantrell teach IPT in Apex, NC

    After three years of practicing dentistry and physical therapy side by side, Elizabeth Caughey DDS & Mike Cantrell MPT PRC teach their inaugural two day IPT (Integrative Physical Therapy) course in Apex NC. In attendance were 8 dentists and 7 physical therapists – including a pediatric dentists and pediatric PT, and one physical therapy student!…

  • PRI Interview of Dr Caughey Featured

    PRI Interview of Dr Caughey Featured

    PRI (Postural Restoration Institute) featured Dr Caughey’s interview on its website! As a PRI enthusiast, I was overwhelmed with pride to be invited to be invited to speak at the 2017 Annual Interdisclipinary Symposium https://www.posturalrestoration.com/programs-courses/annual-symposium/interdisciplinary-integration – but Wow! What an honor to be recently interviewed by PRI, much less to have the interview featured on their…

  • Splint design on Neck outcomes: Dr Caughey speaks at the GDA Annual Meeting

    Splint design on Neck outcomes: Dr Caughey speaks at the GDA Annual Meeting

    As a 17 year long member of the Georgia Dental Association, Dr Caughey attended at the GDA Annual Meeting in an enjoyable way; sharing community and learning with local colleagues. This year Dr. Caughey was invited to speak to the audience on the relationship of bite splint designs and their effect on the cervical spine (neck)…

  • PRI Lecture: Splints effect on Necks

    PRI Lecture: Splints effect on Necks

    It was a complete honor to be asked to lecture about the effect of a splint on a neck at the 2017 PRI annual symposium. While I have been practicing and teaching splint therapy at the Pankey Institute for 10+ years, the exact effect that these dental bite splints has on the neck is not commonly…

  • PRI speaking engagement!

    PRI speaking engagement!

    I’ve been busily pouring through the available scientific literature in preparation for this Annual Symposium in April 2017. What amazes me is the vast nature of the literature – scientists spending their lives investigating a subject from so many different angles. As a community, we are getting closer all the time to understanding what keeps…

  • Lucky lady teaches Splint Therapy

    Lucky lady teaches Splint Therapy

    How lucky am I? My journey learning about dental bite splints began 14 years ago at the Pankey Institute, and I have been honored to teach all about bite splints to other dentists for the past 8 years. In a matter of a few short days, our participants increased their understanding from basic concepts to…

  • Dr.C aka Hermey the Elf

    Dr.C aka Hermey the Elf

    At the Pankey Institute, one of our key tenets we teach is work-life balance. I like to Walk the Talk in my life, and live by the principles I teach. While I love dentistry, my greatest joy in life is spending time with my little boy. One day I organized my schedule to show up…

  • Visiting Faculty Pankey Institute

    Visiting Faculty Pankey Institute

    Since 2002 I have engrossed myself in higher learning at the Pankey Institute for Advanced Dental Education, and since 2004 have served in a Facilitator-In-Training and later, Visiting Faculty to Pankey Institute role for other dentists. As an Atlanta Dentist, I was well supported in my learning, as there are many dentists here who not…

  • Teaching Bite Splint Therapy

    Teaching Bite Splint Therapy

    My learning journey with bite splint therapy started in 2002 when I took the second level course at the Pankey Institute. . . this is a class that really tied some concepts together for me and gave me both a rationale and a method for helping patients with occlusal trauma (bite and/or TMJ jaw joint…

  • Botox for Managing Muscle Pain

    Botox for Managing Muscle Pain

    Holding tension in the facial and jaw muscles is such a common pattern in our society that we coined phrases out of it: “Stiff upper lip.”  “Bite your tongue.”  “Grin and bear it.” Chronic tooth clenching can lead to muscle hypertrophy and pain, and can result in damage to the jaw joints, the teeth, and…

  • Dr. Caughey lectures and demonstrates TMJ assessment to physical therapists in Atlanta

    Dr. Caughey lectures and demonstrates TMJ assessment to physical therapists in Atlanta

    The room was filled with 38 physical therapists, 4 dentists, 3 massage therapist, a craniosacral therapist, a Rolfer, and a vocal activation coach. The event was held on Wednesday November 12, 2014, at BenchMark East Cobb in Marietta. Dr. Caughey led a presentation and demonstration demonstrating the relationship of the TMJ and bite to the…

  • Join Drs. Caughey DDS and Noble DPT as they discuss management for complex TMD issues

    Join Drs. Caughey DDS and Noble DPT as they discuss management for complex TMD issues

  • Acorn TMD Study group 2014 Seattle

    Acorn TMD Study group 2014 Seattle

    I am so pleased to participate in and advanced study group with other dentists, focused on TMJ and TMD treatment. Kathy Johnson is the sole physical therapist in the group, and I have a debt of gratitude to her for my learning “outside-the-box!” Thanks, Kathy!