Common Methods of Treatment
* mouth saves / appliances / splints
* neuromuscular dentistry
* reshaping teeth
Mouth Guards / Appliances / Splints
Mouth Guards Don't Cure. The pivotal and hope of these types of devices is that by separating the teeth, they are prevented from what i read in grinding each other. Tmj Rehab
However, from the very name, "mouth guard," we infer that this kind of device doesn't solve the problem, but only hopes to prevent tooth damage. It's obvious -- what the mouth is being guarded from is... the mouth! "Appliance" and "splint" are other names for "mouth guard".
Neuromuscular Dentistry
Neuromuscular dentistry takes a more sophisticated technological approach to the use of dental appliances. By measuring electrical activity of the muscles of biting and chewing, practitioners of this approach identify patterns of movement, of position, and of dental stress and then prepare an appliance to retrain the nervous system's control of those muscles.
The desired outcome common comes in a few months; cost ranges from $5,000 to $25,000.
Re-shaping Teeth
Dentists have found that by changing the fit of upper and lower teeth, they can alter neuromuscular control of the muscles of biting and chewing and thereby alleviate TMJ Syndrome. Tmj Rehab
This approach posits that the cause of excessive jaw tension is poor fit between upper and lower teeth. Its method is to reshape tooth surfaces by a polishing process to improve the fit.
This method does get results. By changing the fit between teeth (by removing contours that prevent uniform contact among teeth), the process changes ones experience of biting and chewing. This change introduces such a new experience of biting and chewing that habitual patterns of muscular control are interrupted, allowing new movement patterns to form. However, it's an indirect approach involving ongoing dental surgery in a series of steps to a good fit. While its effects are beneficial, it misses the role of dental trauma in the formation of dental stress.
A Way to Cure TMD Naturally
Understanding that we are dealing with conditioned postural reflexes that govern muscular tension, one way to cure TMD naturally would be to retrain those conditioned postural reflexes -- in effect, to eliminate residual trauma reflex and to ease dental stress. Tmj Rehab
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