Co-Director, Hospital Dental Residency Program and Facial Pain Unit, Mount Sinai Hospital. Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry. Facial Pain Consultant, Toronto Western Hospital and Wasser Pain Centre, Mt. Sinai Hospital.
University of Toronto and Mt. Sinai Hospital
University of Toronto and Mt. Sinai Hospital
Dr. Bruce Freeman is an honours graduate of the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Toronto. He completed the Advanced Education in General Dentistry program at the Eastman Dental Center in Rochester, New York. Dr. Freeman subsequently returned to the University of Toronto where he received his Diploma in Orthodontics and is an Assistant Professor and member of the School of Graduate Studies. He completed his Master of Science degree in the field of temporomandibular disorders and orofacial pain at the University of Toronto. Dr. Freeman is Co-Director of the Facial Pain Unit and Hospital Dental Residency Program with the department of Dentistry at Mount Sinai Hospital where he cares for patients with complex facial pain disorders in addition to participating in the education of the hospital dental residents and specialty dental residents from the University of Toronto dental faculty. He is also a facial pain consultant in the Department of Neurosurgery at Toronto Western Hospital (UHN) and the Wasser Pain Management Centre at Mt. Sinai Hospital. Dr. Freeman participates as a Master of Science committee member as well as participating in research initiatives within the department which have yielded publications in the European Journal of Neuroscience, Pain, Brain Research and Neuroimage. Dr. Freeman lectures internationally on the topics of clinical orthodontics, facial pain, virtual surgical planning, patient experience, and mindful communication. Dr. Freeman also maintains a private practice in orthodontics with an emphasis on surgical and pre-prosthetic care. Dr. Freeman is also a certified yoga instructor with additional training in breathing techniques, meditation, and trauma informed movement, emphasizing how self-care leads to the best patient care.
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