Unless you know what is causing the pain, then you are only guessing how TMJ Treatment will solve the problem. There are many dentists, chiropractors, massage therapist, and physicians who will try to render TMJ Treatment to solve head and neck pain and dysfunction with varying degrees of success. Many patients have been to several other practitioners […]
TMD Diagnosis and Tools
TMJ Treatment Atlanta offers comprehensive TMD diagnosis to evaluate the TMJ. The term TMD covers a broad range of dysfunctions and disorders of the Temporo-Mandibular Joint (TMJ), aka the jaw joint. While 70% of damaged jaw joints will adapt favorably without therapy, the poor adaptation for the other 30% can cause pain, changes in the bite, difficulty […]
Splint Therapy
Even though head and neck pain is often multifactorial, the majority of patients that are treated at TMJ Treatment Atlanta are suffering from myofascial (muscle) pain. This is manifested as jaw pain. These patients usually experience tightness in the muscles of the face and neck, headaches, limited ability to open their mouth or a locking […]
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Diagnosis of TMJ problems made a significant leap forward with the development of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The MRI is now considered the gold standard in diagnosing disk displacement and degenerative joint disease (DJD). As early as the late 1980’s, the efficacy of using MRI in diagnosing TMJ problems has been referenced in the literature. Fortunately, the dental profession is […]
Self-Care & Maintenance
Patients with TMD conditions will receive significant benefit from allowing their bodies to rest and break the cycle of facial pain and discomfort. Chronic discomfort often leads to poor quality of sleep, which can lead to further pain, inflammation, and muscle spasm. Rest is available in many ways: lightening the weight of purses/groceries, gentle stretching […]
Diagnostic Nerve Block Injections
Quite often patients come to the office in terrible pain. They have been suffering from TMD related muscle and/or joint pain for so long that they have difficulty functioning normally. They suffer from headaches, claudication (cramping) of the jaw muscles and/or pain in the TMJ. At the Initial Evaluation exam, the doctor will determine if […]
Cone Beam Computer Tomography (CBCT)
CBCT is an excellent way to diagnose many problems associated with the TMJ. Because the system is small compared to CT machines in hospitals, it can easily fit into a dental office. The other benefit is that it can provide detail images of the boney structures with a hundredth of the radiation associated with hospital CT […]
