Botox For TMJ | New York TMJ & Orofacial Pain

BOTOX® For TMJ

If you’ve been suffering from TMJ problems for a while, you know how painful and frustrating it can be. You may have seen numerous doctors and had many dental procedures. But your symptoms got worse. You may feel like TMJ has taken over your life.

TMJ symptoms can include jaw locking, cracking, or popping. Painful spasms in your jaw muscles that keep you from being able to open your mouth wide. Debilitating facial pain or jaw stiffness. Headaches and migraines are also common with TMJ.

At New York TMJ & Orofacial Pain, we have decades of experience treating TMJ problems. First-line therapies such as meditation, exercises, oral appliances, dietary changes, and physical therapy do the trick for most people. However, a small percentage of people do not respond to first-line treatments, and that’s where TMJ treatment with BOTOX® comes in.

If your symptoms are persistent, BOTOX® for TMJ may be an option. The relief it has provided for so many of our patients is nothing short of remarkable.

BOTOX® For Jaw Slimming

Bruxism, or teeth clenching and grinding, can change the shape of your jaw. Over time your jawline may have become more bulky and square looking. If you’re like most people, it is a very distressing situation.

BOTOX® for bruxism at our Manhattan, Westchester, and Long Island offices can help your masseter muscles return to their normal shape and size. While we help you reduce or eliminate the behaviors that have caused your masseters to become enlarged, BOTOX® can help.

Some patients also come to us for BOTOX® injections to slim their jaws who do not have TMJ problems. Each case is determined on an individual basis.

BOTOX® For Bruxism In New York - Choose Carefully

If you are looking for BOTOX® for TMJ treatment in the New York City metropolitan area, it’s essential to be evaluated by an experienced Orofacial Pain specialist.

Repeated injections of BOTOX® for TMJ into your masseter and temporalis muscles over a long period of time can cause problems. When not administered properly, you can end up with weakness in your jaw muscles and acceleration of joint noises, which makes it difficult to eat certain foods. It could even hollow out your temporalis muscles and flatten the contour of your face.

Orofacial Pain specialists (like those who lead our practice) have a specific focus on jaw problems. They have the experience, education, skill, and knowledge to determine if TMJ treatment with BOTOX® is the most appropriate and safest option for you.

To make an appointment, call 888-560-6674. (If you can’t call, complete this quick form , and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.)

How Long Does It Take For BOTOX® For TMJ To Work?

BOTOX® is what’s known as a neuromodulator. It partially incapacitates a muscle, so it has less ability to contract. TMJ treatment with BOTOX® can reduce the muscle tension that causes inflammation and pain. When muscle tension is eased, blood flow is increased and promotes healing.

BOTOX® for bruxism at our offices in the NYC metro area is most frequently injected in two of the jaw muscles – your masseter and temporalis muscles. Relief begins for most people in about three to five days, with the peak benefits experienced after one to two weeks. Some people require only one set of injections, but it’s normal to need a series with three-month intervals between each to restore normal tone and pain thresholds to chronically overworked muscles.

The Bottom Line

Many healthcare providers know how to inject BOTOX®, but the doctor you choose to inject BOTOX® into your jaw muscles must fully understand how to use BOTOX® for TMJ treatment. They must deeply understand how the jaw works, know the risk factors that lead to muscle pain and overdevelopment and be fully conversant on how bite relationships relate to the jaw muscles.

So, it is of critical importance when you seek a healthcare provider to administer BOTOX® for bruxism near you that you choose one who fully understands the anatomy and function of the muscles of mastication.

To make an appointment, call 888-560-6674.

If you live outside the NYC metropolitan area and are looking for BOTOX® for TMJ treatment and bruxism near you, a list of Orofacial Pain doctors in the US, many of whom have experience using BOTOX® for TMJ, can be found here.

BOTOX® For TMJ In The News

Dr. Donald Tanenbaum, one of the board-certified Orofacial Pain specialists who leads our staff, was interviewed on ABC’s Good Morning America about BOTOX® for TMJ. Click here to watch the short segment: Can BOTOX® be used to treat teeth grinding?

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