TruDenta™ Info

Our Practice Treats Conditions Related to Dental Pressure

We are a highly trained TruDenta™ dentist dedicated to helping improve patient's lives, not just their teeth! Our entire team is dedicated to diagnosing and treating dental conditions, such as headaches, migraines, tinnitus, vertigo, and other discomforts caused by muscles dysfunctions of the head and neck.

We May be able to Treat Your Pain

In less than 20 minutes, your dentist can quickly and painlessly assess the potential reasons for your pain. We can help treat the following symptoms:

• Headaches (chronic or irregular)
• Migraines
• Teeth grinding and clenching (bruxism)
• Tinnitus (ringing of the ears)
• Clicking, popping, or snapping of the jaw joints
• Muscle tension and pain in the face and neck
• Sensitive teeth due to overloaded forces
• Broken teeth or dental work
• Uneven tooth wear and cracking
• Temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMD)
• Limited range of head and neck motion
• Reduced mouth opening range
• Accelerated bone loss in periodontal disease
• Vertigo (dizziness)
• Ear pain (not from infection)

These symptoms and others can be the result of issues related to pressure within the head, neck, and jaw. The jaw joint (temporomandibular joint) is the most complex joint in your body and is located very close to your body's nerves and right next to your brain. When operating correctly, the jaw and its muscles exert massive forces within your mouth painlessly. With operating incorrectly, muscles, tendons, nerves, and ligaments can become unbalanced and cause excessive force leading to pain.

Your jaw and teeth are living, growing tissues. Teeth grow, wear, and move throughout your lifetime. Teeth can become affected like any other tissues if the muscles, tendons, nerves, and ligaments that power your jaw, become unbalanced or create improper forces. Many dental related problems, such as headaches, tinnitus, and ear pain, can show up within your head, neck, and jaw, not just with your teeth.

As a TruDenta certified practice, we can treat symptoms including:

Age and Wear

As the body ages, so does the bite. Natural teeth wear at different rates from years of dental work. For example, fillings and crowns can be made from amalgam, precious metals, ceramics, and other materials. The different materials within your mouth can cause improper alignment of the teeth, which forces the muscles and tendons to work harder to compensate for the imbalances. As we age, joints and cartilage are reduced in thickness. This changes angles and forces within the overall dentomandibular region. As you grow older, your teeth and bite change, potentially causing many of the symptoms that can be treated by our TruDenta certified practice.

Head, Neck, or Body Trauma

Vehicle accidents, sporting activities or even your baby bumping his/her head against yours can be causes of force related symptoms in the head, neck, and jaw. The list of causes of trauma is long. Current symptoms may have been created years ago by an event long since forgotten or dismissed as minor. Head, neck, or jaw trauma can cause stretching or tearing of the ligaments and muscles along with other unseen and often undiagnosed force imbalances and impairments.

Dental Repair and Orthodontics

Some of the causes of symptoms can be poor adaptation to completed dental work, aged restorative materials and, in some cases, from poor adaptation of the patient to orthodontic changes.

Stress, Diet, Posture, and Frequent Computer Use

If you lead a stress free life, congratulations! You are less likely to have force related symptoms in your head, neck, and jaw. For the other 99% of the world, stress and poor posture (such as from sitting in front of a computer for hours) can result in many of the symptoms outlined above. Weight gain and improper eating habits can also contribute to your head, neck, and jaw pain.

If you are experiencing any of the symptoms listed above, call our office to schedule a consultation.