Your smile consists of more than merely your teeth and gums. In fact, both would be largely useless if your mouth didn’t move, and the components that control this movement are subject to damage just like your teeth and gums. TMJ disorder describes a condition where your jaw’s joints, called temporomandibular joints (TMJs), are damaged […]
Category: Dental Health Issues
3 Reasons To Replace Restorations
Have you been taking a look at your restorations in the mirror lately, wondering if they are negatively affecting your oral health or if there’s simply a way to make them look better? In general, replacing old, tired, or unsightly dental work is the most efficient way toward improving the concern. Curious about common reasons […]
Bye-Bye, Holiday Headaches
Do you often refer to the holidays as a “total headache” in a joking manner? Unfortunately, if you are someone who suffers from chronic headaches, worrying about dealing with discomfort during an otherwise festive and enjoyable season can become extremely frustrating. To make sure you can celebrate with friends and family without having to back […]
Tips for Dental Headache Relief
Headache relief is often an important part of many patients’ dental treatment. Like a toothache, head pain can indicate a number of chronic dental health issues, from unconscious teeth-grinding and TMJ disorder to obstructive sleep apnea, and more. Diagnosing the source of your chronic headaches is the first step to finding relief, and will require […]
Chronic Headaches from TMJ Disorder?
For many people, jaw movement is not an obvious part of oral health. However, its importance should not be underestimated. The joints that control your jaw, known as temporomandibular joints, are located on either side of your mouth, next to each ear. As your mouth opens and closes, the joints should pivot and glide together. […]
Are You Dealing With Dental Headaches?
Though a headache may throb in your head, there are many instances where the underlying cause of the pain is elsewhere. Many headaches have their origin in muscle tension in the jaw, neck or shoulder areas that is translated into the pounding or tight, tense feeling we call a headache. Many dental headaches can be effectively treated, […]
Common Risk Factors for TMJ Disorder
Your smile is more than just unique; it is also complex, and comprises more than the teeth and gums that you should keep clean every day. For instance, in order to bite and chew your food as they were meant to, your teeth must be powered by your jaws, which pivot on a pair of […]
About Your TMJs and TMJ Disorder
Since childhood, you may have always been aware of how important clean teeth and gums are to your oral health; hence the need for brushing and flossing every day. However, your oral health includes more than just your teeth and gums, but also a variety of oral tissues, your jawbone, and the complex joints that […]
Balance Your Bite to Relieve Headaches
When it comes to dealing with headaches, especially chronic discomfort, finding answers cannot come soon enough. We find that patients often jump to a lot of very logical conclusions. However, if an unidentified dental concern is the cause of your discomfort, your logic may only carry you so far before you hit a wall. In […]
Headaches? Come in for a Dental Checkup
Do you suffer from chronic headaches that make it difficult to enjoy your life – or even to move comfortably through each day? Rather than continuing to live on pain medication to alleviate your symptoms, we encourage you to visit us for a dental checkup. Patients are often surprised that a variety of underlying dental-related […]
