TMJ Diseases / Disorders
TMJ diseases and disorders refer to a complex and poorly understood set of conditions. These conditions are manifested by pain in the area of the jaw and associated muscles along with limitations in the ability to make the normal movements of speech, facial expression, eating, chewing, and swallowing. Conditions that routinely affect other joints in the body, such as arthritis and trauma, also affect the TM joint.
Do you suffer from any of the following?:
- Headaches
- Unexplained loose teeth
- Worn, chipping or cracked teeth
- Cracking, chipping or breaking dental restorations
- Pain or soreness around the jaw joints
- Pain in teeth that seems to move around
- Neck, shoulder or back pain
- Facial pain
- Clicking or grating sounds in the jaw joints
- Limited movement or locking jaw
- Numbness in your fingers and arms
- Congestion or stuffiness of the ears
Then We May Be Able To Help You!
The underlying conditions that cause these signs and symptoms are structural, biochemical and emotional. Structural problems are most commonly present with TMJ conditions, and can lead to over activation of the jaw, head and neck muscles. Over time, this over activation can lead to pain, tension and spasms. Tempormandibular Joint Disorder (TMD), Myofascial Pain Dysfunction (MPD) or Tempormanibular Joint Syndrome (TMJ), is a chronic illness that affects 40 million people at any one time. Many people have no pain but still have occlusal disease (misaligned bite). Worn, chipped or broken teeth, broken fillings, and changing position or shape of the smile are all indications of conditions that can benefit from treatment.
To correct TMD or misaligned bite, the jaw is placed back into a muscularly balanced position using sophisticated computer analysis. An individualized and precise treatment plan using data from this analysis is formulated that will lead to improvement and / or elimination of pain in most cases. As it is a chronic degenerative disease, it often takes years to develop TMD. With new techniques and the objective computerized data, we have been able to help many people that have been previously unable to find relief.
We invite you to talk with us about this approach to your dentistry that can enhance your life. For those that are interested in the science of the neuromuscular approach in dentistry, we have listed some published scientific papers for your reference.
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