Has the stress of 2020 left you grinding your teeth? Or perhaps you’re suffering from headaches, jaw pain, or severe discomfort in and around your ears, all of which can be brought about by the tension many people are experiencing this year as a pandemic, a recession, social unrest, and a divisive presidential election create… Continue reading Got Stress? Here’s One Way 2020 Is Hurting Your Health
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How Assembling a Dental Dream Team Can Keep You Smiling
Collaboration is a key to success in many fields, and it’s no different or less important in dentistry. Your family dentist is the fulcrum of your oral treatment – the one you see annually for checkups and general care. But numerous specialists may also be involved to address specific areas of treatment, and in the… Continue reading How Assembling a Dental Dream Team Can Keep You Smiling
6 Ways to Treat TMJ and Get Your Jaw Back In Line
Of all the hinges that facilitate your bodily functions, the jaw joint is one of the busiest. And also, one of the most problematic. TMJ pain, also known as TMD – temporomandibular joint disorder – affects about 15 percent of adults, most of them between the ages of 20 and 40. The TMJ is the… Continue reading 6 Ways to Treat TMJ and Get Your Jaw Back In Line
Breakthrough Treatment for Common and Painful Jaw Disease
A first-ever tissue implant to safely treat a common jaw defect, known as temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ), has been successfully tested in a study researchers University of Californina, Irvine. The study was published in June 2018 in Science Translational Medicine. A release from the university quotes senior author Kyriacos Athanasiou, UCI distinguished biomedical engineering professor,… Continue reading Breakthrough Treatment for Common and Painful Jaw Disease
How to Avoid Jaw Problems
We get so excited when babies get their first teeth—that tiny sharp bit of white poking up out of smooth pink gums. By the time you reach adulthood, you’ve got thirty-two big teeth—fewer if you had wisdom teeth or others removed—and they probably aren’t quite as white. But they are still just as crucial for… Continue reading How to Avoid Jaw Problems
5 Oral Health Consequences If Your Teeth Don’t Line Up Correctly
5 Oral Health Consequences If Your Teeth Don’t Line Up Correctly May is National Smile Month, but people with significant bite issues aren’t always eager to show off their pearly whites. More important, though, is that bite issues can affect your health. Maybe it’s crooked teeth that have thrown your bite out of whack. Maybe… Continue reading 5 Oral Health Consequences If Your Teeth Don’t Line Up Correctly
Better Ways to Fight Chronic Headaches
Imagine suffering chronic pain – say, in the form of headaches or migraines. Happily, you’ve found a solution to the problem. It has been several months of losing focus, sleep and general interest in the things you used to like. You went to a doctor and he told you an NTI device, which addresses jowl… Continue reading Better Ways to Fight Chronic Headaches
5 Signs Your Headache May Be Caused By TMJ
Nearly everyone on occasion experiences a throbbing headache that interferes with concentration at work or school, or saps the joy from the day. But sometimes the source of that headache can be surprising. For many people, the pain that emanates from the head can be traced back to their teeth, their bite relationship, and the… Continue reading 5 Signs Your Headache May Be Caused By TMJ