Dr. Barry Glassman maintained a private practice in Allentown, PA, which was limited to chronic pain management, temporomandibular joint dysfunction and dental sleep medicine. He currently serves as consultant to the Allentown Pain and Sleep Center with Dr. Don Malizia and Dr. Tony Polit maintaining the Allentown Model and the Allentown Pain and Sleep Center. A Diplomate of the American Academy of Craniofacial Pain and the American Academy of Pain Management, as well as a Fellow of the International College of Craniomandibular Orthopedics and the Academy of Dentistry International. He was formerly on staff at the Lehigh Valley Hospital where he served as a resident instructor of Craniofacial Pain and Dysfunction and Dental Sleep Medicine. Dr. Glassman is a Diplomate of the Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine.
Speaker
A popular and dynamic speaker, Dr. Glassman lectures internationally, as well as throughout the United States.
In addition to his extensive schedule which includes guest lecture appearances and in-depth courses on joint dysfunction, chronic pain, headache, sleep disorders, and migraine headache, Dr. Glassman is a frequent speaker at major chronic pain and joint dysfunction professional conferences. Dr. Glassman toured the country as the sole speaker for SomnoMED’s lecture series introducing the SomnoDENT appliance in the US.
Educator
Dr. Glassman is well known not only as an impactful and entertaining speaker, but also as a true educator.
Dr. Glassman has been teaching for over twenty years, and received his educational training from his wife, Sharon, who had a storied career in teaching English and drama at the high school and college levels. Barry credits Sharon for her many hours of working with him teaching him educational techniques and philosophies that when implemented lead to true learning with understanding and perspective.
Dr. Glassman served as clinical and resident instructor for the Lehigh Valley Hospital Network teaching craniofacial pain, joint dysfunction, chronic pain and dental sleep medicine. Dr. Glassman has been a speaker at the Academy of Pain Management, the International College of Craniomandibular Disorders, the Academy of Orofacial Pain, the Academy of Craniofacial Pain, the International Academy of Gnathology, the American Equilibration Society, and the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, the American Academy of Orofacial Pain, the Metropolitan Denver Dental Society, and many others including annual presentations at the British Dental Association. His topics include headache, chronic pain, joint dysfunction, and sleep disorders. Dr. Glassman also served as co-medical director of the St. Lukes Hospital Headache center in Bethlehem. PA with neurologist, Dr. Robert Coni. Dr. Glassman was an adjunct lecturer for Tufts School of Dental Medicine’s Craniofacial Program.
Dr. Glassman taught two-day introductory courses and in house intensive weeklong courses for the general dentist in occlusion and parafunctional control, as well as sleep disorders for many years. The occlusion course also covered TMD diagnosis and treatment and pain management for the general dentist.
Dr. Glassman joined Dr. John Viviano in his course series in Toronto teaching Dental Sleep Medicine in a four day Mini-residency Dental Sleep Medicine Program. He taught his two-day TMD course there as well. The travel restrictions of Covid-19 altered those plans, and Dr. Glassman was then appointed the Director of Education for the International Academy of Sleep (2021-2022.). Dr. Glassman was charged with creating a full year “Diplomate” program in sleep. The year was extremely successful with his attendees truly learning to move from linear thinking to critical thinking. The safe learning environment that was intense and yet customized to each attendee’s needs over a full year proved to be incredibly successful. That model which includes four lives sessions a year, eight full day virtual sessions, literature access and reviews, literature presentations, and guest presentations from several leaders in their respective fields, proved to be an excellent formula. That model has now been duplicated in the two yearlong comprehensive courses, one in dental sleep medicine, and one in TMD and Orofacial Pain that you can learn about in our “Courses” section. Dr. Glassman has assembled a “Dream Team” faculty in both courses!
Publications
Dr. Glassman has published several articles on pain management and sleep disorders in both peer and non-peer-reviewed journals. His editorials and articles on joint dysfunction, appliance therapy, and sleep disorders have appeared in Cranio, Inside Dentistry, Pain Management, and others. The SPG and migraine paper appeared in Headache.
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Dr. Don Maliza and Dr. Glassman published “Chronic Orofacial Pain and Headache as Trigeminally Mediated Disorders” in The Pain Practitioner as well as “The Curious History of Occlusion in Dentistry” which originally appeared in The Dentaltown Magazine and published in several other journals as well.
Malizia, D. L. and B. H. Glassman (2011). “Chronic Orofacial Pain and Headache as Trigeminally Mediated Disorders.” The Pain Practitioner 21(1): 52-55.
Glassman, B. H. and D. L. Malizia (2017). “The Curious History of Occlusion in Dentistry.” DentalTown Magazine(January): 55-62.
Glassman B, Malizia D. Basic principle review of sleep medicine. Orthodontic Practice 2021;12:22-26.
Glassman B. Chronic Pain as a Trigeminally Mediaed Disorder: The Role of Brusisn. PPT 2019.
Glassman BH, Malizia DL. Bruxism & Sleep Disturbed Breathing. Dental Sleep Practice 2020.
Glassman BH, Malizia DL. Does Bruxism Cause Pain: a “simple question” without a simple answer. DentalTown Magazine 2020.
Glassman B. You're the only chance I have. Dentistry today 2008.
Glassman B, Malizia D. Basic principle review of sleep medicine. Orthodontic Practice 2021;12:22-26.
Glassman BH. Dental Sleep Medicine. Inside Dentistry 2008;4:36-46.
Glassman BH. The Hidden Challenges of Dental Sleep Medicine. DentalTown Magazine 2011;12:20-24.
Along with his colleague Dr. Don Malizia and the neurology team at Lehigh Valley Hospital Network, he had his most recent publication on the use of the sphenopalatine ganglion injection in migraine published in Headache.
Mehta , D., M. C. Leary , H. A. Yacoub, M. El-Hunjul, H. Kincaid, V. Koss, K. Wachter, D. Malizia, B. Glassman and J. E. Castaldo (2019). “The Effect of Regional Anesthetic Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block on Self-Reported Pain in Patients With Status Migrainosus.” Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain 59(1): 69-76.
Glassman B, Malizia D, Manfredini D. TMD-occlusion-orthodontic connection revisited. Orthodontic Practice 2021;12:26-29.
Glassman B, Malizia D. Do Occlusal Guards Cause or Worsen Apnea? DSP - Dental Sleep Practice 2021;Fall.
Glassman BH, Malizia DL. It is Time to Reëvaluate AHI’s Role in Decision Making. DSP - Dental Sleep Practice 2021:35-36.
Blumenfeld A, Bender SD, Glassman BH, Pinto A. Patterns of Use for an Enhanced Nociceptive Trigeminal Inhibitory Splint. Inside Dentistry 2011;7.
Glassman B. Dental Sleep Medicine Economics: A vast bite-wing conspiracy? Dental Economics 2008;98:12-17.
Glassman BH. Multidiciplinary Is Not a Dirty Word. Cranio 2004;22:87-89.
Glassman BH. You're the only chance I have. Dentistry today 2008;27:112-116.
Glassman BH, Malizia DL. Bruxism & Sleep Disturbed Breathing. Dental Sleep Practice 2020.
Educational Philosophy
For his dedication to education, Dr. Glassman has been awarded the prestigious Haden-Stack award, given by the American Academy of Craniofacial Pain.
Adhering to an evidence-based philosophy, Dr. Glassman utilizes current educational theory which results in mastery of understanding over the simple concept of acquisition of knowledge in isolation. This approach greatly increases the likelihood of the attendee moving forward with implementation of the material with practical application in clinical practice. Dr. Glassman is currently on the editorial board of Cranio.
Despite retiring from active clinical practice, Dr. Glassman remains extremely active teaching, consulting in both clinical and practice model arenas, and actively writing. He is currently working on a book he is co-authoring with Dr. Micah Sadigh, a well known and published clinical psychologist, that proposes to expose the ills of the dental profession and the difficult environment created for dentists to maintain high standards and patient centered practices.
Upcoming Courses
New courses available now & more to be announced soon! Watch this space!
