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Treatment For TMJ-TMD

If you’ve been suffering from chronic facial pain, a persistent toothache, jaw pain, ear pain, or neck pain that is moderate to unbearable, there’s a good chance you’ve been searching for answers for months – or even years. You may have seen several physicians or dentists and been treated for a variety of ailments. But your symptoms just got worse.

If this sounds like you, you are in the right place.

At New York TMJ & Orofacial Pain, our team is led by board-certified Orofacial Pain specialists, which means we are TMD specialists focused on TMJ treatment. We want you to know we are familiar with your symptoms, we know they are real, and we understand what you’re going through.

Best of all, we have many ways to help you start to feel better and get your life back.

Make an appointment for treatment for TMJ at one of our three convenient offices in the New York Metropolitan area by calling 888-560-6674. (If you can’t call, complete this quick form , and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.)

TMJ Treatment at New York
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BOTOX® injections for jaw pain relief, headache relief, and jaw slimming
Intra-oral appliances for jaw muscle and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain, Lockjaw, sleep bruxism and sleep breathing disorders
Therapeutic Injections (such as such as trigger-point injections and steroids) for pain, spasm, and inflammation
Medications for pain, muscle spasms, and inflammation
Relaxation and breathing techniques to reduce stress
Exercises for jaw pain, lockjaw, and temporomandibular joint instability
Home care strategies to soothe sore muscles
Behavior modification to reduce or eliminate jaw over-use behaviors

As part of your TMJ treatment, we may also refer you to one of our trusted colleagues, such as a physical therapist, acupuncturist, pain management psychologist, oral surgeon, or sleep physician.

Our TMJ Treatment Philosophy At New York
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To design the best treatment for TMJ for you, we need to understand who you are as a person. Therefore, our relationship starts with a conversation, and this conversation serves as our guide as we figure out what type of TMJ treatment will be successful for you.

Is There A TMJ/TMD Cure?

Before we discuss whether a TMD specialist can provide a TMD cure, let’s clear up some of the confusion around the terms TMJ and TMD:

TMJ stands for your temporomandibular joints, which are the hinges in front of your ears that enable you to move your jaw. When your jaw joints and the structures surrounding them become sprained, strained, inflamed, or fatigued, the result can be TMD – temporomandibular dysfunction or temporomandibular disorder. Most people use the term TMJ to describe TMD, so we do, too.

So, can you expect TMJ treatment to be a TMD cure? No. TMJ is not a disease – it’s a condition that typically occurs as a result of trauma, bruxism, jaw over-use behaviors, life tensions, hormonal changes, and unstable bites, amongst others.

You, the patient, are the key to recovering and maintaining the positive outcomes of TMJ treatment. We will help you identify what is causing your jaw problems, and we’ll take measures to ease your pain and discomfort. Then we will design a strategy aimed at guiding you to reduce or eliminate the risk factors that caused your jaw problems in the first place.

So, while we can’t promise you a TMD cure, we can promise you we will do everything in our power to reduce your suffering and help you feel better and stay better. Call 888-560-6674 to make an appointment.

More About Treatment For TMJ At New York
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TMJ problems are orthopedic in nature and result from tired, tight, injured, or sore muscles, inflamed tendons, or compromised ligaments, bone, and cartilage. As a result, TMJ treatment options are similar to those offered by an orthopedist when managing a knee problem, for instance.

The first step in TMJ treatment is to prevent further injury by avoiding certain foods such as bagels, tough, crusty bread, tough meats, uncut apples, etc., and controlling any daytime behaviors that strain your TMJs.

At times, compromise of the TMJ and jaw muscles will require you to wear an intra-oral appliance, also called a biteplate or night guard, while you sleep. Intra-oral appliances come in many different shapes and forms, can be made of variable materials, and have different goals. Their purpose is to cushion your TMJs and diminish the tightness in your jaw muscles.

Over-the-counter intra-oral appliances sold in pharmacies can protect your teeth over the short term, but remember, they are not designed to manage a persistent jaw problem. Because healing is a process, treatment for TMJ takes time.

Why People Seek TMJ Treatment

If you’re seeking treatment for TMJ, you probably have some of these symptoms:

You can’t open your mouth
It hurts when you try to open your mouth
Your jaw clicks and pops
Your jaw gets locked
Your bite feels “off”
You feel pain and tension in your face
You have headaches in your temples, especially in the morning
Your jaw feels sore
You have jaw pain while eating
Your neck feels tense, and it hurts

Questions For Your TMD Specialist

When you see your TMD specialist, you’re going to have a lot of questions, such as:

“What’s causing my pain?”

“Is there something seriously wrong with me?”

“How can I get relief?”

“What does TMJ treatment entail?“

“How long will it take?”

“Is there a cure for TMD?”

At New York TMJ & Orofacial Pain, we are experts in treating TMJ/TMD. We always listen and will answer your questions in a way that’s easy for you to understand. Our board-certified Orofacial Pain specialists have been treating TMJ for decades, so you’re in the right place – call 888-560-6674 for an appointment.

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If you aren’t located in our area and need TMJ treatment, go to the American Academy of Orofacial Pain’s provider directory and look for a specialist in your area with the designation: Diplomate. Click here.

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