I have spent hours going through these web sites, and the recommendations range from thousands of dollars going to the dentist, getting expensive mouth splints, grinding the teeth, and all kinds of fancy expensive treatment programs.
Most of the web sites are dentists (no disrespect of this fine profession), but most dentists consider the teeth to be the problem of the TMJ pain, but that is not 100% true. The TMJ is a joint—--it has blood vessels, ligaments, TMJ disc, bones, muscles, and the mandible (jaw bone) does have bottom teeth attached to it; but the teeth are not always the cause of the TMJ painful joint as most of the dentists claim.
I do not think the teeth could cause all of these symptoms and they do not. The TMJ is out of alignment and needs to be corrected and re-aligned. With the use of the TMJ Appliance, the use of natural muscles and nerve relaxants, and the corrective joint adjustment, most times corrects the dysfunction and the symptoms of TMJ pain that patients have been suffering for years.
The doctor that you go to for treatment of the TMJ should have the expertise and knowledge to diagnosis the TMJ, which side is causing the dysfunction. The patient should see immediate relief of the TMJ pain while in the doctor’s office before leaving, and a decrease in the painful temporal muscles side of the head, masseter muscle (chewing muscles ) jaw pain, pterygoid muscles (jaw joint muscles), and be able to open and close the jaw with decreased pain before leaving the doctors office.
I am a neuro-muscular specialist doctor trained to diagnose and treat the TMJ joint pain, and have been doing this for 46 years, with excellent results treating TMJ patients.
The most important part of caring for the TMJD is to accurately determine the anatomical key to the disorder. In other words, is your TMJD due primarily to the muscles, the disc, or the joint? Once this question is answered then a specific care for those areas can be initiated.
Next, it is important to understand the relationship between the TMJ and the upper cervical spine (neck). They are intimately related and must be functioning properly if resolution of TMJD is to be achieved.
Additionally your posture plays a very important role in the functioning of your temporomandibular joint. When you slouch forward and your shoulders become rounded, your chin will begin to poke forward. This position places a tremendous amount of stress on your jaw and leaves your TMJ very susceptible to injury.
Consider conservative care before expensive testing or surgery. While these might ultimately be necessary, depending on the cause of your problem, you should try noninvasive techniques to see if conservative care is right for you. In many cases a non-drug, non-surgical approach works well when patients work together with the doctor in making lifestyle changes that improve temporomandibular joint function. Sometimes simply avoiding offending habits such as eating hard or chewy foods or nail biting can work wonders.
The TMJ joint is a joint much like the ankle, and responds to injuries with inflammation causing the joint to swell, stretching pain sensitive nerves within the joint capsule (envelope around the joint).
On occasion, pain sensitive structures stabilizing the joint are caught between the bones of the TMJ, leading to swelling. This may cause a protective spasm of the masseter muscle (a powerful muscle responsible for closing the jaw) which can be a significant source of jaw pain. Proper treatment for TMJ dysfunctions such as locking, popping, clicking or cracking may well be relieved by the TMJ Applicance and a non drug muscle relaxer. If the patient has a serious mal-occlusion or an improper biting of the teeth or severe crooked teeth, the TMJ appliance may not fit properly, but the patient would benefit from the Serenitol non drug muscle relaxer formula.
We all need sufficient and good sleep, but especially if we’re suffering with any type of TMJ pain or chronic pain. In fact, a lack of sleep is one of the major complaints of those who are caught in the vicious cycle of chronic, unrelenting pain. Many chronic pain sufferers develop another complex and frustrating illness: DEPRESSION.
Depression also often arises from undiagnosed pain. Most are told that the pain is “All in their heads.” Have you heard that before? Depression will affect you with depressed mood changes, unusual sleep patterns, tiredness or loss of energy, inability to concentrate and even thoughts of suicide due to the pain. The Serenitol non drug muscle relaxer formula help muscles and nerves to relax and help the person to have more restful sleep Our examinations are planned to eliminate cases we cannot help and if we cannot help you ----we will tell you. Our Health Center has developed a technique for diagnosing and teatment of TMJD conditions and most cases we accept have had excellent results. TMJD is one of the most misunderstood and misdiagnosed conditions that a patient must suffer, and almost all have gone to several doctors without any relief.
Our office will do a consulation and preliminary examination of your TMJ at no charge as a gift from us. This gift is a chance to find out if we can help you.