Archive for June, 2024

If TMD/TMJ is an orthopedic disease, why is it treated by dentists, Orthodontists, and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons?  The answer to that question is quite convoluted and troubling. The story of TMD/TMJ began in 1936 with an article in a Texas medical journal by an ENT physician by the name of James Costen.  Dr. Costen […]

TMD/TMJ is not a psychiatric disease. So why are university TMD clinics enlisting psychologists, psychiatrists, and behavioral therapists to consult with patients with the known and disparate symptoms associated with this disease?  Why do some doctors think patients with the disparate symptoms of TMD/TMJ are crazy and occasionally say so?  Why do some doctors treat […]

It is no secret that for the past 88 years TMD/TMJ has been a confusion, a conundrum without appropriate description or solution.  Hundreds, if not thousands of so called “scientific” papers and textbooks have been written on the topic, most of which have little to add other than documenting what others have tried to do […]