by Chapnick Dental | Sep 12, 2011 | dentures, TMJ
News TMJ HEADACHES VS. MIGRAINE HEADACHES TMJ headaches are often persistent and severe, but these headaches have different causes from migraine headaches. TMJ headaches are caused by: Misalignment of the jaw or bite Jaw clenching Tooth grinding Displaced TMJ disc It...
by Chapnick Dental | Apr 11, 2011 | Blogs, TMJ
News TMJ HEADACHES Do you have persistent, migraine-like headaches? If you have tried unsuccessfully to get rid of recurring headaches, there’s a chance your headaches may be caused by TMJ. Your TMJ is the small joint that connects your jaw bone to your skull, and...
by Chapnick Dental | Apr 6, 2011 | Blogs, TMJ
News SIGNS OF TMJ The joint that allows your jaw bone (mandible) to move is called the temporomandibular joint, or TMJ. The TMJ is a very small joint, but TMJ disorder, or TMD, can cause a wide variety of painful problems. Symptoms of TMJ/TMD TMJ problems are often...
by Chapnick Dental | Mar 7, 2011 | Blogs, Dental Health, mouthgards, Physiologic dentistry
News NIGHTGUARD OR BITEGUARD OR ORTHOTIC All dental appliances are not the same. Anyone playing a contact sport should be familiar with protective mouthguards. These can be simply protective or, if designed by a physiologic dentist – they can be performance enhancing...
by Chapnick Dental | Jan 3, 2011 | Blogs, cosmetic dentistry
News NEUROMUSCULAR DENTISTRY The wide variety of beverages available for consumption every day allows for great diversity in taste, but many of them have one thing in common: staining your teeth. The more you drink beverages with chromogens (compounds containing...
