TMJ/ TMD Journal

Friday, July 21, 2006

Your teeth, midline and TMJ

For those of you who have had dental work that screwed up your lives...Here's an interesting article on how the alignment of your teeth can affect your whole body...

http://www.aacfp.org/unique_joint.html

From the article at the American Academy of Craniofacial Pain..."The teeth are passive members of the upper and lower jaw, but they have a specific way they must fit together and interrelate. As far as the brain is concerned tooth position has priority over joint position...this means the TM joint is forced by the muscles to move so that the teeth fit together properly...this can potentially cause a misalignment in the joint capsule"...

A little further down in the article..." often the internal derangement of the TM joint is preceeded by myofascial pain dysfunction and can involve moderate severe spasms of the head, neck, shoulder and or back muscles. A wide range of symptoms mayb occur such as headaches, muscle aches, ear pain, dizziness, stuffiness and ringing in the ears, blurred vision etc..." Heck! I had all this stuff and more!!!

Link submitted by Anna. Thanks Anna!

jan


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Monday, July 10, 2006

Another excellent link for TMJ information

Here's another excellent link regarding TMJ information. This is one you don't want to miss in your research about tmj! My eternal thanks to Anna for submitting it!


Details:
http://www.doctorspiller.com/TMJ.htm#Occlusion

Index
Definition of TMJ and TMD
Predisposing Factors for TMD
Gender
Age
posture
occlusion
sleep disorders
Stress
The causes of TMD
Trauma
Parafunctional habits--Bruxing defined
Can the dentist see TMD on X-rays?
Sinuses, sinus headaches, Sinus toothaches, and TMD
The relationship of TMD to snoring and sleep apnea
The relationship of TMD to migraine headaches
The relationship of TMD and drugs
The signs and symptoms of TMD
Increases the likelihood of Dry socket
Increases the severity of gum disease
Increases severity of decay caused by sugar
Phantom pain
Difficult root canal treatments
Denture sores
Erosions of enamel on the tops (attrition) and necks of teeth (abfraction)
Cracked tooth syndrome
Cold sensitive teeth
Difficulty staying open at the dentist's office (trismus)
Headaches, Ear aches and Neck aches (Tension related headaches)
Chronic dislocation of jaw
Fusion of the TM joint (Ankylosis)
Organic Joint dysfunction
Treatment of TMD
Bruxing guard
Bite adjusted (deprogrammed) bruxing guard
How does deprogramming work?
A note to dentists about changes in the bite using a deprogrammer
Prosthetic solution (crowns and bridges)
Orthodontic solution (braces)
The use of drugs in TMJ
The treatment of heavy duty TMJ
Arthroscopy
Open surgical procedures
Miltex anchors
Implants and joint replacement
The all natural cures

I've printed it out and it comes out to 18 pages...gonna have some good night reading tonight!!

jan

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Setback City! Muscles and TMJ

Well it finally happened...setback city. Grrrrr.

Thankfully the symptoms aren't too bad...just a tad feeling off center occasionally and the feeling I might get dizzy but it doesn't get into a full swing of it. But I can sense it getting worse as the days go by...

I just realized that the past few times I've been to the chiropractor he has not done any tmj work...instead he's concentrated on the spine...neck, back and hip areas...this is a good thing because it allows me to zero in on what he isn't doing and what is now happening to me. ;-)

Anna, a fellow TMJ sufferer, has sent an excellent link about TMJ and the surrounding muscles. These muscles can go into spasm causing all kinds of troubles from pain to dizziness to referred pain and

Here's the link:
http://www.headandneck.com/book/Chapter2.htm

Thanks Anna!!

I'm thinking one of my problems could be the tensor veli palatini muscle that appears in this article - this is the one that affects the eustachian tubes and gives middle ear symptoms...interesting stuff!

Read the article!!!

The article continues on http://www.headandneck.com/book/Chapter3.htm


jan, off to do some very gentle gardening

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