Your Headaches May be Related to Your Bite

Hi everyone!

I get quite a few questions about TMJ so that is this weeks blog topic. Your TMJ, or temporomandibular joint, are the hinges in front of your ears that connect your lower teeth and jaw bone to your head so you can chew and talk. Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) describes a variety of conditions that affect your jaw muscles, your TMJ’s and the nerves associated with chronic facial pain.

TMD affects more than twice as many women than men, and symptoms may occur on one or both sides of the face, head or jaw, and show up as headaches, jaw pain, limited jaw movement, or nerve pain (neuralgias). Trauma to the jaw or jaw joint sometimes plays a role in TMD (i.e., whiplash), but in many cases the cause of the disorder is unknown. [Read more…]

Replacing a Missing Back Tooth with a Fixed Bridge

By Dr Langberg

Hi everyone!

It’s easy to see why people would be anxious to replace a missing front tooth where the gap is embarrassingly noticeable when they smile.

But what about a missing back tooth?

Did you know that each time you lose a tooth, about 10% of your chewing ability is lost with it? To fill that space, the teeth surrounding it tend to tilt over toward that gap. As they fall over, the adjacent teeth spread apart so decay and gum disease can more easily set in. In addition, the collapse in the bite can be associated with changes in facial profile and TMJ or bite problems. [Read more…]