TMJ Services

First let’s define our terms.    TMD is Temporomandibular Joint Disorder.  It is a disparate list of symptoms which include frequent and/or recurring headaches, earaches, jaw pain, neck pain, ringing in the ears, a feeling of fullness in the ears, (hearing loss), vertigo/dizziness, upper back and shoulders pain and tightness, arm/hand/finger tingling and numbness, and various […]

I began my research to discover the solution for Temporomandibular Joint Disorder, (TMD) in 2014. TMD had been a conundrum for the dental profession for 90 years. Before 2014 I performed over 2000 surgical procedures on the Temporomandibular Joint. Two-thirds of these I considered successful, and one-third returned within a year or two returned with […]

By: Anthony Urbanek, DDS, MS, MD Temporomandibular Joint Disorder. (TMD) is a disease that generates very different responses from doctors, depending on who you ask. Dentists are supposed to know the most about TMD, but they are often the ones who know the least. Half of them don’t want to talk about TMD if you […]

By: Anthony Urbanek, DDS, MS, MD The well-known symptoms of TMD include frequent and/or recurring headache, earache, neck pain, jaw pain, ringing in the ears, subjective hearing loss, vertigo, upper back and shoulder pain and tightness, arm/hand/finger tingling and numbness, and various kinds of jaw locking.  Forty-five percent of females suffer from one or more […]

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, […]

By: Anthony Urbanek, DDS, MS, MD It is not unusual for a patient to present to our office for Temporomandibular Joint Disorder (TMD) consultation missing a few posterior teeth in an otherwise totally healthy mouth. No other areas of decay or periodontal disease.  Just a few missing posterior teeth.  Most of the time they are […]