TMJ Services

Have you ever wondered how a computer program works or how a streaming service can send pictures across the internet.  The answer is simple, very simple.  All the data, in whatever form you see or hear, is nothing more than X’s and O’s. That’s all there is to it, just X’s and O’s organized in […]

What have I learned over the past 12 years while I’ve been treating TMD/TMJ non-surgically? I have to admit that I have learned much more about TMD/TMJ during my 42 years as a practicing Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon over the past 12 years than I learned during the 30 years that I treated TMD/TMJ surgically. […]

For some patients with symptoms of TMD life is awful.  This is what I commonly hear.  The specifics vary from patient to patient.  The complaints about the painful symptoms are the most common.  Constant and unrelenting and recurring headache, earache, neck and shoulder pain are the most common.  Sometimes the pains are unique in character, […]

This is a valid questions to ask yourself if you suffer from one or more of the following symptoms.  Frequent or recurring: Headache Earache Neck Pain Jaw Pain Tinnitus Subjective Hearing Loss Vertigo Upper Back and Shoulder Pain Arm/Hand/Finger Tingling and Numbness Jaw Locking These are the frequently experienced and medically accepted symptoms of TMD/TMJ. […]

It never ceases to amaze me how many patients live with serious and life limiting symptoms before asking for help.  This lack of interest in seeking assistance and a solution stems from many different reasons.  Here are just a few. Hope that the symptom will resolve by itself eventually Lack of time or money to […]

Chronic Inflammation is the bodies response to damage, any kind of damage.  The damage can be caused by pathogens (bacteria, viruses, or other microorganisms), or the bodies inability to heal itself appropriately after physical trauma. A good example of the bodies inability to heal after physical trauma is seen with TMD, (Temporomandibular Joint Disorder). Damage […]

How can both doctor and patient determine when to treat TMD/TMJ?  That is a confusing question.  And it has more than one answer. The problem is the inconsistency of the symptoms and the confusion of these symptoms with other diseases with the same symptoms.  A symptom is not a disease, but only an indicator of […]

As discussed earlier, Inflammation within the Temporomandibular Joint is the cause of ALL the symptoms of TMD.  This is the primary discovery which distinguishes the Urbanek Device and Protocol form all other types and forms of TMD treatment.  Inflammation is the EFFECT of damage to the TMJ.  The inflammation can be caused by clenching and/or […]

The answer to that question is unknown and very hard to calculate.  It is unknown for several reasons.  First, we do not know how many times health care providers misdiagnose TMD as something else.  But we do know it is very common. Second, we cannot calculate the cost of a misdiagnosis accurately because once the […]

The greatest problem with TMD is the consensus, among doctors and patients alike, that nothing can be done about it.  Half of all dentists turn patients away who arrive with the diagnosis.  The other half prescribe a night guard (occlusal guard) and tell the patient it will help with TMD symptoms knowing that it doesn’t, […]