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This is the fourth in a series of articles designed to answer the most common question asked by our patients after years or even decades of suffering life altering TMD/TMJ symptoms.  We often hear, “How come no one ever told me about this before?”  This question is often mirrored by their statement, “The only thing […]

This is the third in a series of articles designed to answer the most common question asked by our patients after years or even decades of suffering life altering TMD/TMJ Symptoms.  We often hear, “How come no one ever told me about this before?”  This question is often mirrored by their statement, “The only thing […]

Bruxism is the technical and scientific term used to describe clenching and/or grinding of the teeth due to involuntary motion of the lower jaw.  Bruxism can occur during the day, Awake Bruxism (AB) or at night, Night Bruxism (NB).  Bruxism is very common, and it is estimated that roughly half the population bruxes and most […]

The greatest breakthrough in understanding TMD/TMJ originated with the realization that Tennis Elbow and TMD/TMJ were variations of the same problem associated with different joints in the body.  This realization then led to the explanation of why the painful symptoms of TMD/TMJ seem to move around from place to place and are confused with so […]

Tinnitus, (Ringing or buzzing in the ears), Subjective Hearing Loss, (The feeling like you ears are full of water or you are in an airplane and can’t clear your ears), and Vertigo,(a constant or intermittent sense of dizziness) are all well- known and accepted symptoms of TMD/TMJ.  Although they are very common symptoms individually or […]

Does the title of this article sound strange and unlikely or even impossible.  Doctors have been treating migraine headaches for decades with a whole assortment of drugs.  They couldn’t possibly be prescribing all these drugs for migraine headaches, each connected to a long list of undesirable side effects, without knowing the actual cause, could they?  […]

Last Tuesday I walked into a consultation room to meet a new patient.  As I walked through the door the emotion of anger was palpable.  There were two people in the room, a young man about 30 sitting in the dental chair and a young woman sitting in the corner.  As I introduced myself, I […]

I have written extensively about how the symptoms of TMD/TMJ influence your life. No one likes to experience constant or recurring headaches, earaches, neck pain, ringing in the ears, subjective hearing loss, vertigo, upper back and shoulder pain, arm/hand/finger tingling and numbness and various kinds of jaw locking. Depending on how often and to what […]

Wow!  Those are some big words for the patient to understand so it’s best that I define both. Bruxism is the technical term for clenching and grinding the teeth. Bruxism is one of the three causes of TMD/TMJ because the constant and involuntary motion of the jaws eventually cause damage and chronic inflammation within the […]

If you are reading this article, I assume you have been diagnosed with TMD/TMJ, have symptoms of TMD/TMJ, or suspect you have TMD/TMJ. I know a lot about TMD/TMJ.  I have been treating patients with TMD/TMJ for more than 46 years. As an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, I treated TMD/TMJ surgically for 34 of those […]