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TMD/TMJ Pain Treatments
by Lawrence Gold, C.H.S.E.
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Mouth Guards / Appliances / SplintsThe principle and hope of these kinds of devices is that by separating the teeth, they are prevented from grinding each other.
However, from the very name, "mouth guard," we infer that this kind of device doesn't solve the problem, but only hopes to prevent tooth damage. It's obvious -- what the mouth is being guarded from is ... the mouth! "Appliance" and "splint" are other names for "mouth guard".
The desired outcome common comes in a few months; cost ranges from $5,000 to $25,000.
Dentists have found that by changing the fit of upper and lower teeth, they can alter neuromuscular control of the muscles of biting and chewing and thereby alleviate TMJ Syndrome. This approach posits that the cause of excessive jaw tension is poor fit between upper and lower teeth. Its method is to reshape tooth surfaces by a polishing process to improve the fit. This method does get results. By changing the fit between teeth (by removing contours that prevent uniform contact among teeth), the process changes ones experience of biting and chewing. This change introduces such a new experience of biting and chewing that habitual patterns of muscular control are interrupted, allowing new movement patterns to form. However, it's an indirect approach involving ongoing dental surgery in a series of steps to a good fit. While its effects are beneficial, it misses the role of dental trauma in the formation of dental stress.
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A New TMJ Pain TreatmentUnderstanding that we are dealing with conditioned muscular reflexes that regulate jaw tension, an efficient way to cure TMJ Syndrome/TMD naturally is to retrain that conditioned muscular tension. Two approaches exist.The video on this page, above, shows one approach, the clinical technique of Hanna Somatic Education® in real-time -- painless, fast, and lasting -- produced by dispelling automatic, muscular tension patterns to free your jaws. The other approach uses somatic education exercises to produce the same result. The clinical technique works faster than the exercises, but you can succeed with either approach. The various symptoms of TMD/TMJ Syndrome -- headaches, earaches, bruxism, poor bite, tinnitis, postural changes, limited ability to open or close the jaws -- normalize.
THE EXPERIENCE OF DOING THE SOMATIC EDUCATION EXERCISES OF THE PROGRAM, "5 WELL-DESIGNED EXERCISES TO ... MAKE YOUR JAWS FEEL BETTER". |
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You are invited to see an explanation
of the somatic education exercises that correct TMJ Dysfunction ("TMD") Click here. |
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