Note: This article explains how to evaluate yourself for TMJ, what you can do about it, and how to determine when you need to get some professional help. This past year's pandemic challenges have led more people to seek care for TMJ problems than ever before. In fact, you may be reading this article because you've had your first experience of TMJ during the past … [Read more...] about How To Evaluate Yourself For TMJ
Orofacial Pain
TMD Problems – When Telemedicine Isn’t Enough
During the last six months, telemedicine consults have proven to be extremely effective in assessing and beginning treatment for patients suffering from orofacial/TMD problems. Whether the patient's problem is of muscle, joint, or neuropathic origin, the history and symptoms communicated typically provide enough insight to begin the process of educating, allaying fears, and … [Read more...] about TMD Problems – When Telemedicine Isn’t Enough
Orofacial Pain & TMJ Consultations Online – A New Era
An outcome of the coronavirus pandemic is orofacial pain specialists are conducting TMJ consultations online. The new era has begun... As a dentist whose focus is directed toward treating orofacial pain and TMJ/TMD problems, I have seen first-hand the impact of life’s worries and challenges on people of all ages. In normal times people seek my services because their jaw … [Read more...] about Orofacial Pain & TMJ Consultations Online – A New Era
Telehealth and the Orofacial Pain/TMD Practice
For years I have seen the impact of life’s worries and challenges in patients of all ages. Whether the origin was financial, family, relationship-driven, work-prompted, medical, or a daunting combination of many factors, the result is often the emergence or escalation of an orofacial or jaw pain/dysfunction problem. With their muscles and associated sensory and motor nerves … [Read more...] about Telehealth and the Orofacial Pain/TMD Practice
Orofacial Pain Is Now A Board-Certified Specialty
For many years, the field of orofacial pain was not a recognized specialty by the American Dental Association. This fact made it difficult for patients who suffered from orofacial and TMJ pain problems to get proper treatment. Equally difficult was dentists and dental specialists often had a hard time finding practitioners to refer their patients to. Practitioners who had the … [Read more...] about Orofacial Pain Is Now A Board-Certified Specialty