Archive for February, 2026

Whether you’re a patient with symptoms of temporomandibular Joint Disorder (TMD), or a doctor who treats patients with the disease, there is a 99% chance you have false fixed ideas regarding the problem.  I have written over 170 articles on this blog and over 250 recordings on my podcast, “TMD Demystified” on this topic.  After over 50 years treating TMD, the first […]

Treating TMD correctly is a process.  It’s not an all or none experience.  It is a gradient process.  When the real cause of TMD is understood, it makes sense why treatment is a gradient process.  It would be nice if the patient could take a pill, receive a “shot”, or be placed on a machine and within 3 minutes all the symptoms were gone.  Practicing Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery for 50 years, both […]

The truth regarding Temporomandibular Joint Disorder, (TMD) remained hidden for 80 years because there was no one willing to put aside their fixed ideas and biases until I came along.  After treating TMD surgically for 36 years, I decided surgical treatment of the Temporomandibular Joint, (TMJ) was not  the long-term solution.  The dental profession had, at best, made halfhearted attempts to scientifically study the problem.  The profession’s best efforts were founded on the premise that the TMJ is a very […]

Dentistry has a big problem.  Dental schools are expected to prepare young dentists to diagnose and treat all the various diseases in the field of dentistry.  One of those diseases is Temporomandibular Joint Disorder, TMD).  TMD was given to dentists to treat almost 100 years ago because the medical doctors thought TMD had something to do with teeth. Medical doctors, M.D.s, know  nothing about teeth.  So, the […]