TMJ (TMD) Therapy

TMJ or TMD stands for Tempromandibular Joint pain or Tempromandibular Dysfunction. Symptoms include:

  1. Pain on opening the jaw.
  2. Inability to open the jaw wide or move from side to side comfortably
  3. Neck and shoulder pain.
  4. Ear pain, hearing loss.
  5. Ringing in the ears.
  6. Clenching, night grinding.
  7. Chronic fatigue.
  8. Noise, grating or popping in joint.
  9. Chronic Temporal or occipital headache.

Tempromandibular Dysfunction can be caused by a miscellany of factors like teeth grinding, habitual gum chewing, and previous injury to the jaw and even be elevated due to stress. Most patients of TMD are misled to believe that the pain is related to problems of ear/ head due to constant headache or earache. But in fact TMD is responsible for a pain not only in the jaw bones but also the surrounding facial area, ears and head.

Due to its multi-factorial nature, treatment of TMD may require the help of other medical professionals like chiropractor, physiotherapist, massage therapist, cranio-mandibular specialist etc. Make an appointment at our clinic if you experience any of the symptoms mentioned above.

At Rideau Dental Centre we will diagnose you to determine the root of disorder and recommend the right therapy to you.