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    The following are letters and presentations made by members of The TMJ Association on behalf of all TMJ sufferers.

    Presentation made at the International Consensus Workshop: Convergence on an Orofacial Pain Taxonomy, What Do Patients Want from a Diagnosis? - March 30, 2009
    Letter e-mailed to the New York Times - February 4, 2009.
    Letter e-mailed to the Martha Stewart Show - January 23, 2009.
    Letter e-mailed to Women's Day Magazine - January 20, 2009.
    Editorial submitted to New England Journal of Medicine - January 2, 2009.
    Letter e-mailed to Wall Street Journal - October 17, 2008.
    Comment Request by the FDA on Medical Device Tracking - April 7, 2008.
    Letter to the author of an editorial in the New York Times - November 29, 2006.
    TMJ Bioengineering Conference, Bolder Colorado - May 25, 2006.
    Comment submitted to Environmental Protection Agency concerning Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) - May 16, 2003.

    TMJ Association's FDA Petition Supplement regarding TMJ Implants, Inc. pre-market approval (PMA) of the TMJ Fossa-Eminence Prosthesis, Application No. P000035 - June 28, 2001.
    TMJ Association's FDA Petition regarding TMJ Implants, Inc. pre-market approval (PMA) of the TMJ Fossa-Eminence Prosthesis, Application No. P000035 - May 1, 2001.
    FDA Dental Products Meeting of the Medical Device Advisory Committee - Open Session - October 6, 2000.
    Dental Products Panel Meeting - by Terrie Cowley, October 6, 2000.
    NIH Technology Assessment Conference - Improving Medical Implant Performance Through Retrieval Information: Challenges and Opportunities - by Terrie Cowley, Jan. 11, 2000.
    Meeting Of The Dental Products Panel Open Session Volume II - by Association Members, May 11, 1999.
    Meeting Of The Dental Products Panel Open Session Volume I - by Association Members, May 10, 1999.
    Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service Food and Drug Administration - Dental Products Panel Meeting - by Terrie Cowley, August, 1998.
    NIH Biomaterials Meeting - by Terrie Cowley, January 1996.
    Letter To Congressman Towns - by Terrie Cowley, April 14, 1994.
    Biomaterials and Medical Devices: An Industry in Transition The Impact of Healthcare Reform, Product Liability, Regulatory Issues, and Raw Materials Shortages - by Terrie Cowley, Oct. 23-25, 1994.
    Testimony for the Committee on the Future of Dental Education, Institute of Medicine - Presented by the National Alliance for Oral Health, Sept. 26, 1993.
    Testimony Presented to the Senate Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Labor, Health & Human Services, and Education - by Terrie Cowley, April 26, 1993.
    Testimony to the Blue Ribbon Panel on Envisioning the Future of the NIDR Intramural Research Program - by Terrie Cowley, Jan. 27, 1993.
    Opening Statement of the Honorable Ted Weiss At A Hearing on Jaw Implants - by Terrie Cowley, June 4, 1992.
    Status of TMD Diagnosis and Treatment - by Terrie Cowley, June 12, 1991.