Time to Eliminate the Third Pathway
October 13, 2020
As many readers of TMJ News Bites already know from personal experience, the TMJ field is complicated by having so many diverse concepts of diagnosis,
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Risk Factors for Chronic Facial Pains
September 10, 2020
The following article includes excerpts from a Missouri State University news article about the work of Dr. Paul Durham, who has participated in past TMJA
Read MoreMetal Allergies and Temporomandibular Disorders
September 8, 2020
Two articles in the British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery report: 1) a high number of metal allergies in Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD) patients needing
Read MoreNeed an All Titanium TMJ Implant?
September 8, 2020
Increasingly over the past several years patients with temporomandibular total joint implants have been telling us that they have become sensitive to a material, or
Read MoreStabilization Splints May Worsen Obstructive Sleep Apnea
September 8, 2020
The TMJ Association thanks Charles S. Greene, D.D.S., Clinical Professor, Department of Orthodontics, UIC College of Dentistry, Chicago, IL for this research summary. This article
Read MoreAre you a TMJ patient with Tinnitus?
September 8, 2020
It’s a ringing sound, a buzzing, a hiss…. It can be soft or loud, intermittent or present all the time, affecting one ear or both.
Read MoreYou, Your Esophagus and TMJ
September 8, 2020
By Joan Wilentz, TMJA Board Member and Science Writer The esophagus is a roughly ten-inch hollow tube that descends from your throat through the diaphragm
Read MoreAre TMJ Patients More Pain Sensitive? Maybe. But It’s Complicated
September 8, 2020
TMJ patients come in many different varieties. Some experience pain and dysfunction confined only to the jaw and/or the associated chewing muscles. Other TMJ patients
Read MoreCentralized Pain in TMJ: Is It All in the Head?
September 8, 2020
I really love science. So much that I was part of an MD/PhD program so that I could be married to science for the rest
Read MoreHow Accurate Are Dental Websites When It Comes to TMJ?
September 8, 2020
We thank Karen Raphael, Ph.D., New York University College of Dentistry for providing us with this written summary. In their review of over 250
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