Current Position
Senior Lecturer, Monash University Malaysia
Teekayu Plangkoon Jorns
Orofacial Pain and Oral Biology
Department of Oral Biology
Current Position
Associate Professor, Khon Kaen University
Assoc. Prof. Teekayu Plangkoon Jorns, DDS, MDSc, PhD, F.R.C.D.T. is an Associate Professor in Orofacial Pain at Khon Kaen University, Thailand. He earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) from Khon Kaen University, followed by a Master of Dental Science in Oral Biology from The University of Queensland, Australia, and a PhD in Orofacial Pain from Barts and The London Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry, United Kingdom. He is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Thailand (F.R.C.D.T.) in Occlusion and Orofacial Pain. He serves as Director of the Occlusion and Orofacial Pain Residency Training Program at Khon Kaen University and has held several leadership positions, including President of the Thai Society of Oral Diagnostic Science (TSODS) and Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain. His clinical, educational, and research interests focus on orofacial pain, occlusion, temporomandibular disorders (TMD), and dental sleep medicine.
Keynote Speaker 3
Trigeminal Neuropathic Orofacial Pain: Navigating Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges
(DAY 2 - Sunday, 27 September 2026)
Trigeminal neuropathic orofacial pain presents significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges due to its diverse clinical manifestations and overlap with pain arising from odontogenic, neurovascular, and temporomandibular disorders. Dr. Jorns will provide a practical clinical framework for recognizing neuropathic pain, emphasizing focused history-taking, comprehensive clinical examination, diagnostic criteria, appropriate investigations, and evidence-based management, including multimodal therapy. Contemporary pharmacological and non-pharmacological strategies will be discussed, with emphasis on individualized patient care and emerging precision-medicine approaches, including pharmacogenetics, to guide treatment selection and optimize therapeutic outcomes.