Patient Questions

Neuro & TMD

By digdev on February 12, 2021
Trigeminal Nerve Pains Trigeminal neuralgia Burning mouth 5th Neuralgia & Neuroma NERVE DAMAGE: Trigeminal Nerve; The nerve of Orofacial Pain Specialist Nerve Pathologies Orofacial Pain Specialist can help relieve pain if the nerve is trigeminal nerve. Trigeminal neuralgia Neuroma Neuritis BMS Neurovascular Intracranial compression Nerve Entrapment Extracranial compression by growth Therapies for trigem:inal nerve    […]
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Dental Specialties & TMD

By digdev on February 8, 2021
SURGICAL GUIDELINE: Surgery is indicated only in severe damage TMD (arthritis) and only arthrocentesis. RECONSTRUCTION GUIDELINE: 1) Reconstruction should never be performed before establishing TMD Stability by Chewing System Orthopedic team. 2)Reconstruction is should never be performed before the force of DESTRUCTIVE GRIND-CLENCH is reduced. ENDODONTIC GUIDELINE: If a root canal does not relieve pain […]
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Reconstruction Fails

By digdev on February 6, 2021
Patient Guidelines 1)  Reconstruction will fail under forces of destructive grind & clench 2) Reconstruction on unstable jaw joint fails because occlusion is changing 3) Reconstruction is waste of time-money-resources-energy in Atypical Toothache, until Orofacial Pain determines real source of pain. 4) A root canal should not be performed when the question remains is it […]
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Pedodontics & TMD

By digdev on February 6, 2021
A child will get jaw joint damage if the grind/clench, anxiety, or traumas are significant enough at an early age. A gifted pedodontist keeping up with latest science can add hypermobility and poor sleep to the mix of damaging factors setting up potential for displaced disc in young person. Referral Orofacial Pain Specialist 1) Tension […]
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Appliance Science

By digdev on January 10, 2021
Art Of Selection The knowledge necessary to allow patient and dentist to select appliances based on patient needs and science of appliance. What drives sale of appliances today: Appliances not taught dental school Guru thinking Need sale not need heal Demand quick fix Appliances are for Restricted opening Grinding -clenching Jaw joint damage Muscle recruitment […]
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Braces & TMD

By digdev on January 9, 2021
Tooth movement after braces is caused by destructive grinding. Braces/Invisalign are not treatment for moderate/severe Jaw Joint Damage TMD damage requires stability before orthodontist can position teeth Ortho Retainers resist mild-moderate grind-clench, but destructive grinders need Orthotic Orthodontics refers to brackets, braces, Invisalgn, and or orthognathic surgery to reposition teeth to be in harmony –function--esthetics […]
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