New Technology Offers Improved Treatment Options For Tmj Disorders

Have you ever suffered from jaw band, or headaches

? Interestingly enough, your headache or jaw pain may be related to your dental health. If you have a poorly aligned bite or missing teeth, health related problems such as frequent headaches or jaw pain can become more pronounced. This pain can often occur because your jaw muscles are working harder to bring your teeth together, which then strains the surrounding jaw muscles-causing your pain or discomfort. If you are experiencing any of these symptoms, you may be suffering from a TMJ disorder, which is a painful condition that is often mistaken for those recurring headaches and jaw pain.

The temporomandibular joints are the points at which the lower jaw attaches to the skull, and are among the most complex joints in the human body. If your jaw clicks or pops, this could be a sign of TMJ disorder. Joint sound is one of the most recognized signs of TMJ disorders. TMJ symptoms include:

*Clicking and/or difficulty when opening and closing your mouth

*Frequent headaches

*Neck and/or shoulder pain

*Sensitive teeth when no dental problems can be found

*Jaw pain or stiff jaw when chewing, biting, eating or yawning

*Earaches without an infection

Between five and ten percent of Americans suffer from TMJ symptoms that require some form of treatment.

K7 TMJ Diagnostic System

The K-7 Evaluation System provides your dentist with three technologies for measuring, displaying and storing objective data on physiological and anatomical status and function-jaw tracking, electromyography and joint sonography. This data enhances your dentist's diagnostic and treatment considerations with information not previously available.

The K7 Evaluation System is supplied in a compact housing that can be plugged in to the USB port of virtually any PC type computer, desktop or laptop. Since this unit is small and portable, your dentist in Honolulu can quickly store the system for easy transportation. This highly specialized device represents the pinnacle of diagnostic technology, and is used in neuromuscular dental procedures. The K7 Evaluation System is used to analyze the way a patient's jaws move, reads muscle activity levels of facial and jaw muscles, and identifies noises from jaw joints.

Being able to find a new jaw position, allows your Honolulu dentist to help keep patients from grinding, having migraines, breaking teeth, having neck or other muscle pain, halt ringing of the ears, stop vertigo, and potentially eliminate TMJ pain. With the K7 Evaluation System, your dentist will work to bring comfort to a person's jaws, in hopes to provide them with improved comfort and function.

J5 Myo-monitor

The J5 Myo-monitor is the latest in a succession of products with a history of over 35 years of clinical effectiveness. It is used to provide you with four stimulation channels, each left and right pair with its own separate controls. The J5 offers the ability to stimulate four muscle sites simultaneously, which helps to improve treatment efficacy while saving time for you and your dentist.

With the J5 Myo-monitor, controlled, periodic, bilateral stimulation is delivered to provide muscle relaxation, increased blood circulation and increased range of motion. It is the only instrument of its type that delivers true bilateral, simultaneous stimulation and is useful in office procedures for occlusal adjustment and in bite registration for dentures and reconstruction, as well as TMJ dysfunction and associated pain.

Fabrication of Customized Occlusal Guards

Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) can cause discomfort in the muscles of the jaw joints. Custom-fit occlusal guards work to decrease muscle spasm and can eliminate destructive behaviors such as clenching and/or grinding that can contribute to head, neck and jaw pain. Your dentist can make both soft and hard acrylic guards, depending on your individual TMD situation. When you wear a mouth guard overnight, your teeth are protected by the clear, acrylic resin, which has been molded to perfectly cover your teeth. This material works to prevent damage, including chipping or scratching of teeth, as well as the physical pain that typically accompanies the grinding and clenching.

Talk to your Honolulu dentist today to find out more about TMJ disorders and how they might be affecting your health. Your dentist will help to put an end to your jaw pain and headaches.

by: Gen Wright

POST COMMENT

Check Your Sleeping Disorder With Sleepytime Tea Tips To Treat Sleep Disorders At Sunnex Biotechnologies Temporomandibular Joint (tmj) Disorder- Do You Have It? Discard Sleep Disorder With Resmed Cpap Mask Tmj Disorder: Obtaining The Answers Help Understand Bipolar Disorder Symptoms Go To Sleep Center To Treat The Sleeping Disorder Defining A Role For Mri In Tmj Disorders Symptoms Of Vein Disorder Find Out If Youre Suffering From A Sleeping Disorder Or Not How You Can Control Astigmatism Disorders Attention Deficit Disorder In The Hr World The ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) Adolescent