Headaches on the side of your head over your temples can be caused by a bad dental bite. The pain can be on one side or both and it is very often misdiagnosed as a migraine because Georgia TMJ Dysfunction, like migraines, can run in families. A very high percentage of patients with Georgia Georgia Georgia TMJ Dysfunction are women and the pain can be especially painful right before menstruation. Because of the grinding commonly associated with Georgia TMJ Dysfunction, teeth can become sensitive to hot and cold and the teeth may even notch at the gum lines due to the stress placed upon them from grinding. These notches are often mistaken for brushing too hard. In severe cases the grinding can result in teeth becoming loose. The constant grinding or clenching also causes the chewing muscles to become tender and sore to the touch. The soreness makes the muscles shorten which can result in limited opening of the mouth. In other words, the patient can't easily open to bite a sandwich and chewing can tire the Georgia TMJ Dysfunction patient out.

          A Georgia TMJ Dysfunction patient can have a grooved (scalloped) tongue due to the Georgia TMJ Dysfunction patient strongly pushing her tongue into the sides of her teeth. With time, a Georgia TMJ Dysfunction patient's teeth may begin wearing so that wear facets that look like diamond cuts appear. Sometimes a patient's jaw joints pop or click or even cause the jaw to get locked out of place. At times there will be ringing in the ears or even ear pain. It is not uncommon for Georgia TMJ Dysfunction patients to say that their family physician referred them to an Ear, Nose, and Throat doctor because of their ear pain.

          The body tries to protect an injured area so that a Georgia TMJ Dysfunction patient may hold her head unusually. This can result neck aches and other types of postural problems. It is very common for patients with head and neck pain to have a forward head posture and these positional irregularities can result in a tingling or coldness at the tips of a patient's fingers.

          These symptoms often combine to irritate the Georgia TMJ Dysfunction patient so that she doesn't sleep well. However, a patient can have all or just some of the possible signs and symptoms.

          To treat any problem you must first know what is causing the problem otherwise something other than the cause can be treated. Georgia TMJ Dysfunction patients present with many different types of problems so that each patient is different. Generally however, we first treat the muscle pain using a removable dental appliance and nutritional program developed by Dr. Padolsky and aimed at reducing muscle dysfunction. Most patients are helped within six (6) weeks.

          Georgia TMJ Dysfunction patients commonly have several other medical problems that seem to go along with the Georgia TMJ Dysfunction Syndrome. These are:

          Georgia TMJ Dysfunction is usually managed, not cured. A Georgia TMJ Dysfunction sufferer must become the primary manager and in most cases, managing Georgia TMJ Dysfunction is a lifelong activity. You must be aware of the things that aggravate your condition and avoid them.

          Unfortunately, there are still a lot of different dental philosophies related to the treatment of Georgia TMJ Dysfunction. This makes receiving continuous care from different dentists extremely difficult and many dentists approach their ideologies with religious zeal. The result can be condemnation of their peers who believe in a different philosophy. This complicates managing Georgia TMJ Dysfunction even more.

          Dr. Padolsky takes an approach that assumes that the body will heal itself with some help. The less invasive the care, the better.

          Part of the difficulty of treating Georgia TMJ Dysfunction is that insurance companies refuse to pay for Georgia TMJ Dysfunction resulting in Georgia TMJ patients becoming very angry with their dentist rather than their insurance company. Medical insurance companies believe that Georgia TMJ Dysfunction is a dental problem and refuse to pay and dental insurance companies believe that Georgia TMJ is a medical problem and don't pay for it.

          This is further complicated by the fact that Georgia TMJ Dysfunction care is a very low profit area of a dentist's practice and involves a physician type patient approach that many dentists are not comfortable with.

          You are welcome to schedule a TMJ Dysfunction consultation but be sure to schedule it with Dr. Padolsky and let our Appointment Manager know it is related to your Georgia TMJ Dysfunction.

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