Monthly Archives: TMJ

• Surgeon Won't Take OUt Both My Teeth

  I am very frustrated. I had a root canal treatment that I think has failed and the tooth needs to be removed. Near that, I have an impacted wisdom tooth that my dentist says is infected and he thinks needs to be removed. I am fine with that, but he refuses to remove the tooth…

• Botox and Migraines

  My wife has been having jaw pain and migraines. We took her to the dentist because we’ve heard that can be TMJ disorder. The dentist checked her over and suggested Botox. That sort of threw me because I thought that was a cosmetic procedure. Will that actually help her? Karl Dear Karl, I am glad…

• CEREC Crown is Too Bulky

  I had a dental crown break after three years. I needed to replace it but have been quite busy lately. Because of that, I went to a different dentist who advertised same day crowns using a CEREC machine. However, the tooth with the CEREC crown is way too bulky. It’s uncomfortable, doesn’t line up with…

• Having Pain With My Porcelain Veneers

  I got porcelain veneers. When my dentist put in the temporaries they felt okay. But, now that the real ones are in they’re giving me some pain. My dentist looked at them and said the bite is off just a bit. He adjusted them a few times, but it’s still hurting when I bite down.…

• Problems with my smile makeover

  I just spend an unbelievable amount of money on my smile makeover. I got ten porcelain veneers. I know most people get six or eight, but I have a really wide smile, so I wanted to make sure that everything visible was covered. We talked for a long time about what kind of smile I…

• TMJ and Neuromuscular Dentistry

  I’ve got quite a story to tell. I hope that maybe other people can avoid making some the of mistakes I made, and save themselves a lot of pain and A LOT of money. I have a long standing teeth grinding habit that caused me to have porcelain crowns placed on all of my teeth…

• Is there a specific time wisdom teeth should be removed?

  Even though I am well into my forties, up until last week I still had all my wisdom teeth. A broken filling in one of the wisdom teeth prompted my dentist to advise me to have both the upper ones out, which I did. She said that replacing a filling in a wisdom tooth would…