About

Eric Schiffman, DDS, MS, is a Professor and the Director of Clinical Research in the School of Dentistry at the University of Minnesota. He has received over $19 million in research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and has authored over 60 peer-reviewed publications, 12 book chapters, and holds 3 patents with another pending. His past research as an NIH study principal investigator includes developing and publishing validated Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD) for the most common TMD, applicable in both clinical and research settings. He has also conducted research on TMD management, assessing the long-term effectiveness of medical management versus comprehensive rehabilitation with and without TMJ surgery in patients with symptomatic TMJ closed lock and limited mouth opening. Additionally, his work includes studying the longitudinal impact of intra-articular TMJ disorders on jaw pain, function, and disability. Schiffman has contributed to the NIH-funded National Dental Practice-Based Research Network by evaluating how dentists manage TMD patients in their practices. His recent projects include developing and clinically testing a new version of the Restful Jaw device, designed to support the jaw during dental procedures such as third molar removal.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Orthodontics
• Dentistry
• Computer science
• Computer graphics (images)

Selected publications

• The maxillary frenum and surgical treatment.

  PubMed · 1999-04-28 · 3 citations

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  This article reviews the role of the maxillary frenum in diastema formation and provides guidance on procedures to remove it in both dentate and edentate patients.

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• The anatomy of the intraosseous injection.

  PubMed · 1998-09-01 · 1 citations

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• Biopsy issues and procedures.

  PubMed · 1995-07-01 · 3 citations

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• What to do about post-extraction bleeding.

  PubMed · 1995-12-01

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• Medicine and dentistry: the dawn of the fourth age.

  PubMed · 1994-04-01

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  Medicine-bashing is in vogue; but is there substance behind the empty 'sound bites'; cheap shots and screaming headlines, or is it all just political rhetoric? This essay examines some of the issues and tries to place the costs and technologicalization of medicine and dentistry in a perspective of historical development. The truth is that there is much truth in the criticisms. Howsoever, this is not a jeremiad essay--solutions to our problems exist and they are not Utopian--the real question is whether we are able to learn and put into our practice our lessons.

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• A profile of Dr. Harold Eberhardt.

  PubMed · 1992-06-18

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• Profile of Dr. Norman Holte.

  PubMed · 1991-04-03

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• Profile of Dr. Richard Goodkind.

  PubMed · 1991-04-03

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• Profile of Dr. Richard Rossi.

  PubMed · 1990-11-21

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• Mandibular reconstruction using a free forearm flap.

  PubMed · 1987-09-01

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Frequent coauthors

• Johnson Gw

  4 shared

• Starfield Am

  Twin Cities Orthopedics

  4 shared

• Speidel Tm

  2 shared

• S Watkins

  University of Auckland

  1 shared

• Van Beek Al

  1 shared

• Walker Gf

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• Muldowney Jb

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• Barnett Dp

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Labs

• Orofacial MRI CenterPI

Awards & honors

• Ex vivo and In vivo Dental MRI Imaging of Blood Flow in Prin…