TMJ Services

TMD, (Temporomandibular Joint Disorder) is a single disorder with multiple symptoms. Its symptoms are constantly confused with other diseases including Migraine Headaches, Meniere’s Disease, and ear infections that have similar symptoms. Therefore, patients with TMD are frequently misdiagnosed and sent on months, years or decades of wild goose missions being treated by an increasing cadre […]

There is an interesting relationship between malocclusion and TMD (Temporomandibular Joint Disorder).  Malocclusion can cause TMD,  inversely, TMD can cause malocclusion.  This is not a play on words.  It’s a fact.    The position and health of the teeth and the position and health of the TMJ (Temporomandibular Joint) are inextricably connected because they are projections […]

The truth is no one knows what causes migraine headaches.  All the scientific papers I have read regarding migraine headaches have admitted that.  There are plenty of theories regarding what causes migraines, but there is no proof, only speculation and theories.  It is often quoted that migraine headaches are distinguished from other types of head […]

My interest in TMD was not initially of my own choosing.  After completing dental school and a master’s degree in anatomy/cell biology, at the University of Indiana, was honored to be accepted into a unique program offered at Vanderbilt University Hospital and Medical School combining the medical degree along with an internship/residency in Oral and […]

Last week I did consultations with two patients who reported visits to the Emergency Department of their local hospital because they didn’t know where else they might seek relief of their symptoms. Each of these patients had a different set of symptoms, but both suffered from the disparate symptoms of TMD. According to the International […]

By: Anthony Urbanek, DDS, MS, MD To treat TMD effectively all you need to do is decrease the inflammation within the Temporomandibular Joint enough to make the symptoms disappear.  This same principal works for any of the other joints in the body.  For example, if you have a painful knee, different kinds of knee pains […]

Temporomandibular Joint Disorder is a single disorder from a single cause.  The cause is chronic inflammation within the temporomandibular joint, (TMJ).  The symptoms caused by chronic inflammation within the TMJ include frequent and/or recurring headache, earache, neck pain, jaw pain, ringing or buzzing in the ears, a feeling of fullness in the ears like the […]

Why am I having all this noise coming from my jaw joint?    If you are a patient with Temporomandibular Joint Disorder (TMD), it’s important that you understand what it really means to have clicking in your Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) and what it doesn’t mean.  Noise coming from the jaw joints is a sign that there […]

There are many reasons why it is important to know about Temporomandibular Joint Disorder, (TMD).  If you are one of the unfortunate people who suffer from one or more of the disparate symptoms associated with this disease, you first want to recognize the symptoms and know there is a simple solution.  The two most common […]

Doctors have been trying to solve the TMD (Temporomandibular Joint Disorder) conundrum for the better part of 90 years since an ENT surgeon first described the problem in 1934.  He theorized the cause was lack of posterior dental support, (missing posterior teeth).   The problem was then given to the dentists to solve because the medical […]