Meet Dr. Chao Lu

Dr. Chao Lu

TMD, OSA & Orofacial Pain Specialist

Meet Chao Lu, D.M.D., B.D.S., Dip ABOP, Dip ABDSM

Dr. Lu is a Board-certified TMD, OSA & Orofacial Pain specialist with over 15 years of clinical experience treating a variety of TMDs, orofacial pain, andheadache patients. He is also a Diplomate of American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine to provide dental sleep appliance therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea patients.

Dr. Lu graduated from Tufts University,School of Dental Medicine(TUSDM) and has been an Associate Professor in the Craniofacial Pain Center at Tufts Dental School since 2010. He supervisespre-doctoral/post-doctoral students/residents and provides clinical carefocusing on areas of TMD, neuropathicpain, chronic face pain/headachemanagement, and dental sleepappliance management of obstructive sleep apnea. Dr. Lu is a member of the American Dental Education Association,American Dental Association, American Board of Orofacial Pain, and American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine.

Dr. Lu also led the successful approvalof the initial Commission on Dental Accreditation(CODA) for Tufts Post Graduate Orofacial Pain ResidencyProgram in 2016. He served as the firstProgram Director for this accredited residency program from 2015 to 2020 and provided multidisciplinary clinicalpain training sessions/rotations to an annual total of 200+ Predoc., GPR, AEGD, OM, OFP, and postdoc, levels of students and residents at TUSDM.

Clinical Highlights :

  • 14+ years of comprehensive clinical experience at Tufts Craniofacial Pain Center, treating thousands of cases with different levels of complexities
  • Non-Opioid and Non-Surgical approach for TMD, Facial Pain, and Sleep Apnea Management
  • Individualization of Oral Appliance Therapy (MORA)
  • Newest technologies: digital intraoral scanning, 3D printing, and Cone-Beam CT imaging
  • One of eleven Diplomates of American Board of Orofacial Pain in Massachusetts
  • Well-established referral network with ENTs, neurologists, dentists, PCPs, endodontists, oral surgeons, and other pain and sleep specialists

SERVICE LIST

  • Temporomandibular Joint Disorder(TMJ/TMD)
  • Teeth Grinding and Clenching(Bruxism)
  • Lock Jaw, Spasm, andOromandibular Dystonia(Involuntary Jaw Movement)
  • Masticatory and Cervical Musculoskeletal pain (MyofascialPain)
  • Headaches attributed to TM]/TMD
  • Neurovascular and Neuropathicpain
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia, TraumaticNeuropathy
  • Secondary Malocclusion associated with TMD (Bite Change)
  • Ear Pain/Tinnitus
  • Sleep Apnea (OSA) Primary Snoring and Obstructive

PROCEDURES

  • Customized Oral ApplianceTherapy for TMD (MORA, mouthguard, intraoral splint)
  • Customized Dental Sleep Appliance Therapy for OSA
  • Pharmacological Management
  • Manual Therapy
  • Manipulation for acute locking episodes
  • Physical Medicine
  • Trigger Point Injection
  • Botox Injection
  • Self-care lnstruction and Relaxation Training
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