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By: Anthony Urbanek, DDS, MS, MD Science is the study of cause and effect. Medical scientists who look to find a solution for disease study cause and effect.   They make an observation, and then ask the question, “What is the cause of that observation?”  The observation is the “effect” of a “cause”.  What they really […]

By: Anthony Urbanek, DDS, MS, MD TMD, Temporomandibular Joint Disorder, is a very common disease seen primarily in females.  Forty-Five percent of females in the United States suffer from one or more of the disparate symptoms of TMD.  The symptoms of TMD include frequent or recurring, headaches, earaches, neck pain, jaw pain, ringing in the […]

By: Anthony Urbanek, DDS, MS, MD TMD, (Temporomandibular Joint Disorder) is a very common disease.  Forty-five percent of females in the United States suffer from TMD symptoms.  It should be classified as a medical disease like any other joint in the body, but it is treated exclusively by dentists.  The vast majority of dentists don’t […]

  By: Anthony Urbanek, DDS, MS, MD If you read the scientific literature regarding migraine headaches one thing stands out.  All the studies admit the cause of migraine headaches is unknown.  There are plenty of theories for sure, but the scientists who study migraines do not know the mechanisms within the brain that are responsible […]

By: Anthony Urbanek, DDS, MS, MD Medical Providers “State of the Art” TMD Diagnostic Skills My associate in our practice came into my office last week and asked if I had a few minutes to allow him to “vent” and de-stimulate about a patient he had just seen.  I said, “Sure, what’s the issue?”.    He […]

Medical technology has come a long way since the Middle Ages when bloodletting was one of the most common treatments available for various diseases. This archaic medial treatment was common in the United States, until the later part of the 19th century and a physician and founding father of U.S. medicine, Benjamin Rush, wrote of […]

It has been more than a decade since I discovered the actual mechanism that drives ALL the symptoms of TMD. I did not do it by myself. First, I had help from several TMD patients who told me placing their finger, a pencil eraser, their tongue, or piece of cloth between their front teeth made […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a very hot topic. The discussion about its benefits, future expectations, and fear regarding its ability to overwhelm and supersede the abilities of us simple humans proceeding to control over the planet has been promoted by the media for months.   I see these discussions as simple fear mongering.  Fear is a […]

Everybody has two separate and distinct bites and understanding the difference between the two is critical to understanding the cause of TMD and its successful treatment.  TMD is truly a “Dis-Ease”.  There is nothing about this disease that is comfortable.  Every symptom associated with this disease makes the patient extremely uncomfortable.   This disease has multiple […]

The treatment of TMD has become a very controversial topic.  It is much more than simply controversial; it is a conundrum wrapped in an enigma.  It is a very common disease.  Roughly, 45% of the females in the US exhibit TMD symptoms. It is almost an exclusive female disease with a prevalence of 90% females […]