Xpert:

Dr. Viet Nghiem practices dentistry in Santa Ana, California where he specializes in diagnosing and treating patients TMJ dysfunction and sleep disorders. He specializes in a non-surgical conservative approach to the management of TMJ dysfunction, orofacial pain, migraines, bruxism, dystonia, Tourette syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea. Dr Nghiem uses oral orthotics, trigger point injections, sphenopalatine ganglion block, pharyngoplasty, physical therapy, kinesiology, oral sleep appliances to treat these dysfunctions and oral facial pain in general.

Dr Nghiem has done extensive research on how to use cephalometric analysis to screen and diagnose TMD and OSA.

He is an expert in growth guidance for children from age of 2.5 years old in order to prevent malocclusion, TMD, airway disorders and improve facial growth, esthetics and functions.

 

EDUCATION

 

Paris Dental School, Rene Descartes, 1979-1984

UCLA Extension 1984

National and California Dental Board 1985

Torrance Periodontal Study Club 1989-2015, taught by Dr. Barry Keney, Head of Periodontology Department in UCLA Dental School

USDI member since 1987

Over 5,000 CE credits in Orthodontics, Periodontics, Implant Surgery and Prosthodontics, TMJ, Oro facial Pain

 

ACHIEVEMENTS

 

Independent researcher in Diagnosis of TMD and OSA.

First World Congress of AAMS (American Academy of Myofunctional Sciences) Presentation of Two Unpublished Cephalometric Factors used in the Screening and Diagnosis of TMD and OSA Bypassing of Sleep Apnea