Archive for June, 2025

  By: Anthony Urbanek, DDS, MS, MD If you read the scientific literature regarding migraine headaches one thing stands out.  All the studies admit the cause of migraine headaches is unknown.  There are plenty of theories for sure, but the scientists who study migraines do not know the mechanisms within the brain that are responsible […]

By: Anthony Urbanek, DDS, MS, MD Medical Providers “State of the Art” TMD Diagnostic Skills My associate in our practice came into my office last week and asked if I had a few minutes to allow him to “vent” and de-stimulate about a patient he had just seen.  I said, “Sure, what’s the issue?”.    He […]

Medical technology has come a long way since the Middle Ages when bloodletting was one of the most common treatments available for various diseases. This archaic medial treatment was common in the United States, until the later part of the 19th century and a physician and founding father of U.S. medicine, Benjamin Rush, wrote of […]

It has been more than a decade since I discovered the actual mechanism that drives ALL the symptoms of TMD. I did not do it by myself. First, I had help from several TMD patients who told me placing their finger, a pencil eraser, their tongue, or piece of cloth between their front teeth made […]