Dr. Joseph R. Cohen

Dr. Cohen is a board certified specialist in orofacial pain (OFP) and has treated thousands of TMD, OFP patients at Southwest Pain Management Associates in the greater Phoenix area since 1980 and at A T Still University (ATSU) since 2010 where he is currently Assistant Professor and Director of the Orofacial Pain Clinic. He also is part-time faculty at the UCLA OFP residency program where he treats OFP and trains OFP residents. As an OFP specialist, he has expertise in diagnosing and treating all jaw joint and muscle disorders, neck and shoulder pain, migraine and tension-type headaches, all facial neuralgias, facial movement disorders, and the relationship between these pain disorders and tooth pain that has no dental pathology diagnosis. He is the first Commissioner for the new specialty of Orofacial Pain for the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA). He is therefore the chair of the committee that sets the educational standards for this specialty for OFP residencies in the United States and serves as a commissioner on CODA that makes the decisions for all the standards for all dental education programs in all of the dental education programs in the US. He has and continues to lecture extensively nationally and internationally, including an upcoming lecture in Brazil in November 2025 and to the American Endodontic Society on in March 2026. Dr Cohen is a section editor for the Journal "Cranio" ( The official Journal of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain) and is a frequent reviewer for several journals, including The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA), American Headache Society, Cephalgia, Triple O, and many others. Dr. Cohen is the past president of the American Board of Orofacial Pain (ABOP) and the American Academy of Orofacial Pain (AAOP). He is a diplomate of the Academy of Integrative Pain Management and the American Academy of Pain Management. He is a member of many professional organizations, including the American Dental Association, American Pain Society, and the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine. He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain, American Headache Society, American College of Dentists (FACD), International College of Dentists (IACD), and the Pierre Fouchard Academy. Dr. Cohen is a graduate of the University of Tennessee Dental School and received advanced training in Orofacial Pain at UCLA. He has published many scientific papers and is currently finalizing a research study on the use of laughter in the treatment of head and neck pain. He has also contributed to the "Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of TMD and OFP` published by Quintessence. Dr. Cohen continues to regularly see patients at ATSU and at the private Endodontic practice of Dr. Mark Kerr in Gilbert, AZ.

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