Temporomandibular Disorders Expert Witnesses

Tampa, Florida

Oral Surgery - TMJ, Temporomandibular disorders, Nerve injury, Dental, Dentist, Jaw pain, TMJ pain, Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental surgery, Bone grafting, Dental implants, Oral biopsies, Oral pathology, Wisdom teeth removal, IV sedation, Anesthesia, Nitrous oxide, Dental extraction, Oral cancer

Dr. Daili Diaz, M.D., D.M.D., is a Board Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon offering expert medicolegal consultation rooted in extensive training and focused experience. With dual degrees in medicine and dentistry and comprehensive training from a 6-year MD-integrated Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency where she served as Chief Resident, Dr. Diaz possesses a deep and broad understanding of complex oral surgery issues. She maintains an active clinical practice encompassing a wide range of OMFS procedures, with a particular emphasis on TMJ surgery and management. Her focused research on temporomandibular joint disorders includes involvement as a researcher and co-author in significant randomized, double-blind clinical trials on TMJ arthrocentesis, with findings published in leading peer-reviewed journals like the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and presented at national and international conferences. Leveraging this extensive clinical experience, advanced surgica...

Glasgow, Kentucky

Dentist, Pain Management - Medicine - Head and Neck Injuries, Sports Injuries, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Orofacial Pain, Temporomandibular Disorders, Headaches, Trigeminal Neuralgia

My expertise includes, but is not limited to, temporomandibular disorders, myofascial pain syndrome, headaches, and trigeminal neuralgia, which frequently manifest because of head and neck injury. I practiced general dentistry for 23 years, and due to a spinal cord compression in my neck, I was forced to sell my practice in 2011. In 2012 I was appointed an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Mississippi School of Dentistry and served both in the Hygiene Department and the Care Planning and Restorative Sciences Department in the Dental School. I covered student clinics for both hygiene and dental students. For the hygiene program, I coordinated the Head and Neck Anatomy Course and was the sole lecturer from 2013-2021. I also taught local anesthetics and nitrous oxide sedation to both hygiene and dental students. In the dental Occlusal Disorders course, my lecture responsibilities included temporomandibular disorders, pathology of the temporomandibular joint, and myofasc...