TMJ

Posted September 13, 2019 / Blog, Dental Health
Advanced Dentistry by Design

Do You Have TMJ? You Might Have Sleep Apnea

Your jawbone (the mandible) meets your skull bone (the temporal bone) at the temporomandibular joint or TMJ. On a good day, this joint allows your mouth to open and close, to speak and eat or rest. On a bad day, you can develop pain and dysfunction in the TMJ that affects many areas of your […]

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Posted October 13, 2017 / Blog, Dental Health
Advanced Dentistry by Design

TMJ – The Root of Your Pain

Temporomandibular joint dysfunction is a really long name … so let’s call it TMJ. Ah, yes, that’s right, now the name is familiar! You’ve heard it before. Maybe even some lingering pain in your chewing muscles and bones have you wondering if you’ve got it. TMJ dysfunction is sometimes called TMD, TMJD, or TMJ Syndrome […]

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