Archive for August, 2025

In a previous article I discussed what dentists call night guards and their relationship to treat temporomandibular Joint Disorder, TMD. In summary, 50% of dentists make a night guard for patients who think they have TMD. If the dentist is asked how a night guard is helpful in treating TMD, they will mumble something about, […]

By: Anthony Urbanek, DDS, MS, MD If you read the textbooks on TMD, or Google TMD, (Temporomandibular Joint Disorder), you will read or see that mainstream dentistry considers TMD a series of similar but unrelated disorders.  There is even a new specialty in dentistry that has been designated, “Oral Facial Pain”, (OFP), by the American […]

By: Anthony Urbanek, DDS, MS, MD TMD, Temporomandibular Joint Disorder, is a disease with a disparate list of symptoms caused by chronic inflammation within the TMJ, Temporomandibular Joint.  TMD symptoms include frequent and/or recurring headache, earache, neck pain, jaw pain, tinnitus, subjective hearing loss, vertigo, upper back and shoulder pain and tightness, arm/hand/finger tingling and […]

By: Anthony Urbanek, DDS, MS, MD       The Integration of Dentistry with Medicine and TMD  There is a growing movement within the dental profession to integrate dental services within the practice of medicine.  Many leaders in dentistry realize the time has come for patients to understand their oral health plays a profound part in their […]

By: Anthony Urbanek, DDS, MS, MD   Temporomandibular Joint Disorder, TMD, is well known for its long list of disparate symptoms. The most common are frequent, and/or recurring headaches, earaches, jaw pain, neck pain, ringing in the ears (tinnitus), a feeling of fullness in the ears (subjective hearing loss), dizziness (vertigo), arm/hand/finger tingling and numbness, […]