Neuromuscular Dentistry
What
do headaches, neck and shoulder stiffness, dizziness, ear congestion and
ringing, and facial and head muscle tenderness have to do with
dentistry? At first glance, you would think not much. However, there is
a growing number of dentists who have been trained in what is called
"neuromuscular dentistry" that can tell you differently.This approach
to dentistry is much different than what most dentists were taught in
dental school. Instead of only looking at the teeth and jaws,
neuromuscular dentistry considers the muscles, which control the jaws,
the nerves that control the muscles, and how this relates back to the
overall body.
With this approach, many people who have had problems traditional
dentistry and medicine could not fix, have found a renewed life, free of
pain and discomfort. Neuromuscular dentistry is playing a very dynamic
role in the treatment of chronic headaches, TMJ type symptoms, and upper
body (neck, shoulder, back) problems.
The basic approach is to find a certain position for the lower jaw
that allows the muscles which connect from the top and the muscles that
connect from the bottom to both be in a state of relaxation, one not
pulling harder than the other. When that happens, muscles don't
overwork. When muscles don't overwork, the nerves aren't overworked.
Everything is trying to reach a state of balance. When any of these are
out of balance, symptoms will occur.
Neuromuscular dentistry uses technology not usually seen in
dentistry. This technology allows the neuromuscular approach to help
people in pain and who have complicated dental problems, find a solution
they have not been able to have until now.
For more information about how we at Bernard D Slota DDS can
help you with neuromuscular dentistry,
call us at (303) 623-4444, we will be happy to talk
with you.
To read more about
neuromuscular dentistry,
see this web site:
www.leadingdentist.com
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