For patients seeking care for TMJ problems or dental implants, there are often some confusing listings by dentists. The important thing for the patients to know is that there is no such thing as a TMJ specialist or Dental Implant specialist.  There is no recognized American Dental Association specialty for TMJ or Dental Implant specialist. […]
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Posted: February 21, 2013 Headaches are often annoying and debilitating. What is interesting is that many of our TMJ headache patients do not realize they are not alone. After all many have been to numerous medical specialists and have not had relief. Please note, that this is not inferring all headache pain is caused by
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TMJ problems have, in addition to cause pain, been known to cause facial asymmetry along with other postural issues. This affects ones health and attractiveness as well. It has long been known that symmetry is attractive to the human eye. The face is often divided into third should be equal to each other for facial
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According to the peer reviewed clinical Journal of the Academy of General Dentistry, a study published stated that ” the physical, medical, and social problems associated with mouth breathing are not recognized by most health professionals.” There seems to be a huge increase in these cases which can be attributed to our society of bottle-feeding,
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How TMJ Affects Posture and Causes Pain Many patients present TMJ or facial pain and are not aware that this is often causing their neck pain , shoulder and postural pain as well. From the diagram above it is easy to see how issues of the head/jaw affect the entire body. TMJ often alters the
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What should one expect when going to a dentist who treats TMJ? The old way to do an examination was with palpation of the muscles and maybe a doppler to hear joint sounds. Truly this is an outdated methodology. TMJ Scan reflecting degernerative joint disease Scan allowing views of the neck and C1 through C7
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I often recieve questions regarding ear pain when flying and if it is related to TMJ. It is my feeling that if you do have ear pain when flying it is most likely an ear problem as opposed to TMJ. TMJ issues are most often not affected by changes in the air pressure in the
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Such a broad question, however, we can generalize to answer this. Barring accidents, trauma, and skeletal abnormalities, the answer lies in the position and movement of the teeth. TMJ can start at childhood when the permanent teeth begin to erupt. It is at this point that the TMJs need to be evaluated so any problems
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Many people have plastic surgery to help keep their youthful appearance and there are many wonderful plastic surgeons and plastic surgery procedures. However, when it comes to correcting the lower one of the face, plastic surgeons are not able to do this. The study of facial beauty has shown that the face should be divided
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We receive numerous emails and inquiries regarding TMJ and a common question is how is TMJ treated. While this is certainly a great question, it is a broad question. In our office, the answer is based on the diagnosis of each individual particular circumstance. We use objective measurements with computerized technology and 3D scans of
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