Dr. Droter
Dr. Droter graduated magna cum laude from the University of Maryland Dental School with a huge void in understanding TMJ problems. His quest for an understanding has led him to study most notably at the L.D. Pankey Institute, The Center for Advanced Dental Study with Dr. Peter Dawson and Dr. Mark Piper, The University of Florida’s Facial Pain Center with Dr. Parker Mahan, Dr. Henry Gremillion, and Dr. Frank Dolwick, The University of California, San Diego with Dr. Terry Tanaka and with Dr. Guy Haddix in Statesville, NC.
Dr. Droter maintains a private practice diagnosing facial pain. He is able to utilize state of the art imaging techniques when TMJ damage is suspected in causing facial pain. He provides non-surgical TMJ rehabilitation for those patients with damaged joints. He is a visiting faculty member at Children’s Hospital in Washington, DC and Washington Hospital Center, teaching temporomandibular disorders to the orthodontic and pedodontic residents. He is also on staff at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, where he works with surgeons in planning and carrying out complex facial and TMJ reconstructions. He lectures nationally and is honored to be included in the Top Clinicians in Dental Continuing Education. His writings include published articles on the TMJ, a TMJ Manual written for patients and he is a contributing author to the teaching manuals at the L.D. Pankey Institute.