TMJ Services

One Without the Other is Not as Effective.  The Urbanek Device and Protocol is the result of a thorough and independent investigation about the mechanisms within the body responsible for the disparate symptoms of TMD/TMJ, (Frequent and/or recurring headache, earache, jaw pain, neck pain, facial pain, ringing in the ears, subjective hearing loss, vertigo, upper […]

Mewing is a proposed method for enhancing and improving facial growth developed by Dr. John Mew, a British Orthodontist in the 1970’s. His son, Dr. Mike Mew has continued to promote his father’s method.   I chose it as the topic for this week’s article because the concept of Mewing has recently been popularized by adolescents […]

Joint Splinting is the descriptive term used by orthopedic surgeons to explain how damage and chronic inflammation within the body’s joints create pain distant from the joint itself.   When a joint becomes damaged due to acute or chronic trauma, it stimulates inflammation within the joint.  Inflammation is the body’s response to any kind of damage. […]

Everyone should have a purpose in life.  Each of us is entitled to choose our purpose.  What is a purpose for one can become a burden for another.  I bet you can think of many examples of this and how that can happen.   As a child I was very bored.  Looking back, I had an […]

TMD is a list of disparate symptoms including recurring headaches, earaches, jaw pain, neck pain, ringing in the ears, a feeling of fullness in the ears, dizziness/vertigo, upper back and shoulder pain and tightness, arm/hand/finger tingling and numbness, and various kinds of jaw locking.  OSA is airway obstruction in the back of the throat while […]

When a patient presents to his physician, (MD) with complaints of constant, recurrent, or chronic neck and shoulder pain one of several treatments may be proposed.  Depending on which alternatives have already been prescribed and failed, including various categories of drugs, and referrals to orthopedic surgeons, and neuro surgeons, the PCP will likely refer their […]

It may surprise you, but treating the symptoms of TMD/TMJ using “braces” on the teeth has been promoted by Orthodontists almost as long as TMD, Temporomandibular Joint Disorder, has been identified as a disease.  If ever there was an example of the adage, “If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like […]

According to the dictionary, a neuroleptic drug is any drug that tends to reduce nervous tension by depressing nerve functions.  There are several categories of neuroleptic drugs. These include Benzodiazepines, (Xanax, Librium, Valium, Klonopin, Serax), and SSRI’s, (Celexa, Lexapro, Prozac, Luvox, Paxil, Zoloft). Benzodiazepines and SSRI’s are the two most commonly prescribed categories of neuroleptic […]

First, let’s define our terms.  TMD/TMJ is disease with multiple symptoms.  The most common symptoms are headache, earache, jaw pain, neck pain, ringing in the ears, a feeling of fullness in the ears, vertigo, upper back and shoulder pain, arm/hand/finger tingling and numbness and various kinds of jaw locking.  Noise from the jaw joints is […]

This is the second in a series of articles written to dispel the confusions, inaccuracies, fixed ideas, and poorly constructed theories presented as facts concerning Temporomandibular Joint Disorder, (TMD).  Today, we’ll focus on joint noises.  Noise emanating from the jaw joints is the most common sign, and or symptom of Temporomandibular Joint Disorder. Notice I […]