Archive for March, 2025
#127 Exactly How Does TMD Cause My Headaches?
There is not one dentist in a thousand who knows the answer to this question. And the physicians fully admit they do not know what cause migraine headaches. When the patient presents themselves to the convenient care clinic or the emergency department at the hospital with severe and recurring headaches, not one of the health […]
#126 Protocol and Device are Both Necessary and Work Together.
One Without the Other is Not as Effective. The Urbanek Device and Protocol is the result of a thorough and independent investigation about the mechanisms within the body responsible for the disparate symptoms of TMD/TMJ, (Frequent and/or recurring headache, earache, jaw pain, neck pain, facial pain, ringing in the ears, subjective hearing loss, vertigo, upper […]
#125 What Is Mewing and What Does It Have to Do With TMD?
Mewing is a proposed method for enhancing and improving facial growth developed by Dr. John Mew, a British Orthodontist in the 1970’s. His son, Dr. Mike Mew has continued to promote his father’s method. I chose it as the topic for this week’s article because the concept of Mewing has recently been popularized by adolescents […]
#124 What is “Joint Splinting” and why is it so Important when Treating TMD/TMJ
Joint Splinting is the descriptive term used by orthopedic surgeons to explain how damage and chronic inflammation within the body’s joints create pain distant from the joint itself. When a joint becomes damaged due to acute or chronic trauma, it stimulates inflammation within the joint. Inflammation is the body’s response to any kind of damage. […]
#123 Why I Chose to Treat TMD/TMJ Rather than Retire
Everyone should have a purpose in life. Each of us is entitled to choose our purpose. What is a purpose for one can become a burden for another. I bet you can think of many examples of this and how that can happen. As a child I was very bored. Looking back, I had an […]