Dr. Suzie Bergman is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Pacific Northwest University School of Dental Medicine. Dr. Bergman is a Fellow of the TMJ Foundation, a global consortium and online fellowship program for oral and maxillofacial surgeons, where she serves as Selection Chair, Advisor and Honorary Program Faculty. She is also a visiting scholar at Oregon Health Science University in the Department of Neurosurgery, where she is a co-investigator in research surrounding the differential diagnosis of Trigeminal Neuralgia and Temporomandibular Disorders (TMDs). She has 30 years’ of experience spanning clinical care, post-doctoral education, consulting, research, and advocacy for patients suffering from TMDs and chronic overlapping pain conditions (COPCs). Dr. Bergman is a member of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain (AAOP), the International Association of Dental Research (IADR) and UCSF’s Pain and Addiction Research Center (PARC). She is a tenured instructor for McGann Postgraduate School of Dentistry, where she developed a TMD curriculum entitled “Twenty-First Century TMD Protocols.” She has lectured for numerous medical and dental schools domestically and internationally. Her current consulting focus is on medical, dental, and behavioral health integration. She received her DDS degree from West Virginia University and holds certificates from the University of Kentucky and the University of Michigan’s Orofacial Pain Shadowing Programs.
Selected publications from PubMed
Impact of a Modular Escape Game on Undergraduate and Continuing Dental Education.
Bergman S, Smail Y, Fasham T, Izart M, Brukarz Y, Beres F, Lore V, Jannot M, Troizier-Cheyne M, Le-Goff S, Abdel-Gawad S, Jordan L, Bosco J, Morice S, Lefort-Louet A, Grich L, Hamdan S, Ceinos R, Gosselin S, Lemonnier T, Dursun E, Gouze H, Attal JP, Caussin E, Francois P
J Dent Educ. 2026 Aug;90(8):1126-1136 doi: 10.1002/jdd.70123.
Beyond the Drill: Can Digital Gadgets Redefine the Future of Dental Education?
Felszeghy S, Kada A, Jackson A, Didilescu A, Quinn B, Meisha D, Pasqualini D, Valenzuela DAP, Adanir N, Cuellar EC, Spagnuolo G, Rederiene G, Gul G, Duncan H, Ahmed HMA, Pesce JAT, Ahmed K, Andriukaitiene L, Zadrozny Ł, Ponto-Wolska M, Cox MJ, Pino MFS, Hopp MPR, Nagasawa M, Pang M, Liukkonen M, Mutluay M, Manchorova N, Flacco N, Arrouf NE, Barakat NW, Huhtela O, Lingström P, Byrne S, Zafar S, Bencharit S, Bergman S, Örtengren U, Chau RCW
Eur J Dent Educ. 2026 Aug;30(3):750-756 doi: 10.1111/eje.70079.
Corrigendum: Shaping the Future of Dentistry: How Digital VR-Haptic Thinkers Are Revolutionizing Education by Thinking Big for Better Future in Oral Care.
Chau RCW, Neshka M, Pantea M, Rampf S, Liukkonen M, Rice DP, Morton D, Bandiaky ON, Nagasawa M, Bágyi K, Quinn BF, Carramolino-Cuéllar E, Galán-Gil S, Flacco N, Pasqualini D, Shazib MA, Schick SG, Yarmukhamedov B, Ackerman K, Arias-Herrera S, Palotie UE, Kada AA, Bouyahyaoui N, Quenta-Silva E, Rederiene G, Arrouf NE, Rodríguez-Hopp MP, Suominen AL, Edgar H, Shanks N, Jackson A, Hendron B, Usta SN, Lingström P, Örtengren U, Maggio M, Sondagar N, Abuzaid MM, Ponto-Wolska M, Lam WYH, Regulski PA, Huhtela O, Zadrożny Ł, Pang M, Bergman S, Felszeghy S, Bencharit S, Sittoni-Pino MF
Eur J Dent. 2026 May;20(2):e1-e2 doi: 10.1055/s-0045-1814167.
Shaping the Future of Dentistry: How Digital VR-Haptic Thinkers Are Revolutionizing Education by Thinking Big for Better Future in Oral Care.
Chau RCW, Neshka M, Pantea M, Rampf S, Liukkonen M, Rice DP, Morton D, Bandiaky ON, Nagasawa M, Bágyi K, Quinn BF, Carramolino-Cuéllar E, Galán-Gil S, Flacco N, Pasqualini D, Shazib MA, Schick SG, Yarmukhamedov B, Ackerman K, Arias-Herrera S, Palotie UE, Kada AA, Bouyahyaoui N, Quenta-Silva E, Rederiene G, Arrouf NE, Rodríguez-Hopp MP, Suominen AL, Edgar H, Shanks N, Jackson A, Hendron B, Usta SN, Lingström P, Örtengren U, Maggio M, Sondagar N, Abuzaid MM, Ponto-Wolska M, Lam WYH, Regulski PA, Huhtela O, Zadrożny Ł, Pang M, Bergman S, Felszeghy S, Bencharit S, Sittoni-Pino MF
Eur J Dent. 2026 May;20(2):669-672 doi: 10.1055/s-0045-1810611.
Lay descriptions of painful temporomandibular disorders-an international consensus proposal for Global Burden of Disease estimates.
Lövgren A, Liv P, Allison JR, Baad-Hansen L, Beecroft EV, Bergman S, Bijelic T, Bucci R, Böthun A, Christidis N, Colonna A, Draghici R, Drangsholt M, Durham J, Ernberg M, Giannakopoulos NN, Gonçalves DAG, Groenke B, Jusakos M, Lobbezoo F, Lua ESP, Lunecke G, Malysa A, Manfredini D, Marpaung C, Michelotti A, Moana-Filho E, Moreno B, Nilsson E, Nixdorf DR, Nykänen L, Oyarzo JF, Peck CC, Penlington C, Restrepo C, Rongo R, Schierz O, Stanisic N, Visscher CM, Wieckiewicz M, Xiong X, Xu YY, Yanez C, Häggman-Henrikson B, Svensson P
BMC Med. 2026 Mar 17;24(1) doi: 10.1186/s12916-026-04790-3.
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