Thousands of Americans struggle with eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia. These illnesses can quickly have a severe impact on your overall health, including your oral health. Your teeth are sometimes the first to show damage, but your TMJ (temporomandibular joint), gums and other soft tissues may pay the price for your malnutrition. Our […]
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Posted: December 14, 2016 TMJ is the term used to describe a condition where the temporomandibular joint, which connects the skull to the jaw bone, is out of alignment. TMj can cause clicking and popping in the jaw, pain while chewing, headaches, neck pain, and muscle pain. Find out more about TMJ in this infographic:
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Many patients google, “The Best Cosmetic Dentist in Houston” and will see a page full of names of dentists. How does one really know if these dentists are really providing excellent cosmetic dentistry? To begin with, there is no American Dental Association recognition for Cosmetic Dental Specialist. This means patients should use caution when searching
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Some patients have a mild gag reflex and others more pronounced and this often leads to fear of even doing cosmetic dentistry or difficulty in dental care. Good news is that the Qi Laser can help patients with gag reflexes and make dental procedures more comfortable for them. What causes the gag reflex? Stimulation
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Dental sedation is often requested for cosmetic dentistry or even general dentistry and necessary for TMJ treatment. Many patients have some dental anxiety, which is normal. NuCalm is the world’s first and only patented neuroscience technology that is proven to lower stress and even improve sleep without drugs! “Our patients express how much better they
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If you have to get dental implants or porcelain veneers, you may be concerned that they won’t look just like your natural teeth. In this presentation, we answer these questions for you and show you how Dr. Konig’s customized technology and technique ensures that no one will be able to tell. Please view this presentation
TMJ pain and issues are often complex, often involving popping and/or locking, however, most TMJ problems can be corrected non-surgically. Locking and popping jaws rarely get better on their own. This is true even for chronic case. One of the first things in line is to diagnose the condition to see what the cause is. Many times a
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Facial Corrections with Functional Cosmetic Dentistry™ Many patients are unaware cosmetic dentistry alone will not correct TMJ issues, poor profiles, aging appearance, a short lower 1/3 of the face, or even changes in chin appearance. Simply placing porcelain veneers can enhance the smile but not correct some of these problems. In this case note the changes in this
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Treating TMJ pain really involves more than just the jaw joints. Believe it or not, how you swallowing or how you swallow is one such major factor that is often overlooked and impairs proper TMJ treatment from resolving. In fact, swallowing disorders may lead to serious health issues. Most people, including dentists, do not realize
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With a practice focused on TMJ and sleep apena issues, I feel it is so important to bring public recognition to the detriments of what happen children snore and what it usually means. Take a moment to watch this video, Finding Connor Deagan. This is really sad and quite common. Perhaps this will help you
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