Excellent Dental Care Center Reports on the TMD Treatment Approach
Individuals find they don't need to have teeth extracted or make use of conventional braces to treat their TMJD in many cases, ExcellentDentalCareCenter.com announces
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(Tacoma, WA) According to the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, between five and 12 percent of the population suffers from a condition known as TMJD or temporomandibular joint and muscle disease. Young children are more likely to be affected as are women. Pain is often reported with TMJD as is popping noises when the joint is moved. Patients also frequently report they have trouble chewing and sensitive teeth tend to be an issue. Thankfully, a Tacoma dentist can be of
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When a person finds it difficult to chew or has pain when carrying out daily activities, he or she may not maintain a healthy diet. Sensitive teeth can lead to the person avoiding many foods also. As a result, TMJD must be treated promptly to ensure additional health problems do not arise. Fortunately, there is no need to remove teeth to treat this common condition," Dr. Thai Nguyen of Excellent Dental Care Center explains.
Patients as young as six years of age can be treated for crowding teeth and malocclusion using this method to prevent issues from developing with the TMJ. Non-extraction braces allow the teeth to be moved without the need for removing one or more. The upper jaw and teeth are the focus on the treatment, as opposed to the lower jaw, and these braces tend to be less conspicuous than their conventional counterparts.
"Children and adults are often self-conscious when wearing traditional braces. They don't like the look of the metal brackets and wires. When this option is selected, the appearance is only minimally impacted, if at all. While some will still need traditional braces, the time spent wearing them may be reduced by combining them with this treatment option," Dr. Nguyen
Small target segment: marketed solely to adults and teens with mature dentition and mild cases of malocclusion
According to the American Dental Association, gum disease, also referred to as periodontal disease, occurs when the tissues that support and surround your teeth become infected. Many people are unaware they even have gum disease, because it isn’t a painful disease. Periodontal disease is caused by a film of sticky bacteria called plaque forming on the teeth.
Braces date back to even ancient times, they are not a modern day concept. Archaeologists have found mummies with metal bands hugging certain teeth, which were around 400-500 BC. The first documented ligature wire was found in a Roman tomb in Egypt. In a more modern and known time such as when George Washington had his wooden teeth dentist were thinking about bad bites and how they could correct it. Roughly around the 1800s a man named Delabarre marked the start of contemporary orthodontics with the introduction of the wire crib. The wire crib is the wire put in the brackets. As we know braces than and braces now differ quite a bit. In the 1900’s braces were out of gold, platinum, silver, steel, gum rubber, and even wood. The wire was made out of gold! That had a lot of setbacks due to the fact it is a very soft material so constant adjustments were needed. Now, towards the mid 1970’s was the end of the wrap around metal, they had finally come up with a bonding agent to glue brackets on the tooth surface (S, 2002). We may have thought braces were barely invented but, as we have seen they have been around since even 4...
Another way braces have helped with being more responsible was with all of the extra cleaning I had to do. I had to learn a whole new way to floss my teeth. It was a difficult process, but I had to keep my teeth clean. I also had to use mouthwash every night, which was disgusting. Mouthwash is not the best tasting fluid, but it did keep my mouth minty fresh.
Dental assistants can also end up with tension neck syndrome also known as (TNS). It results in pain stiffness and tenderness in the neck. With this the symptoms may not always be in the neck. It can occur between the shoulder blades down the arms or up to the base of the skull. Headaches are one of the main symptoms with TNS. The occupation with dentistry, where forward head and shoulders postures are common, predispose workers to a muscle imbalance that contributes to TNS. The imbalances develop between the neck and shoulder muscles that stabilize, and the ones that move.
“Train Tracks”, “Metal Mouth”, and “Brace Face” are all terms used to refer to people with orthodontic braces. Even through all the teasing, appointments, money, and pain, braces are worth it. Orthodontic braces are the worlds greatest invention because your teeth either make you or break you.
Nine times out of ten, the idea of getting braces would instantly be met with resistance and dread by anyone, but more so by teens and young adults. It seems that wearing braces is always followed by the stigma of pain, discomfort, and being labelled as "geeky". But despite the slight pain and discomfort, braces get an important job done--that of straightening crooked, misaligned teeth, or correcting one's bite. See, it's not really as bad as you think it is because braces have a purpose. Fortunately, there is now the Invisalign treatment. It's a more pleasant alternative to wearing traditional metal braces--invisible braces.
Most people believe an orthodontist and a dentist have two extremely similar jobs all because they both work with the human mouth. This, however, is not entirely true. An orthodontist focuses on a patient's mouth, straightening teeth and even jaws when necessary. Orthodontists will always make sure that jaws are properly aligned before recommending braces. Depending on each patient, the number of years wearing braces can vary (“Become an Orthodontist”).
Orthodontic treatment can greatly improve ones’ self-esteem, attitude, and make ones’ life happier. A beautiful smile can always brighten someone day tremendously. The benefits of orthodontic treatment go beyond the apparent physical changes of an important and straighter smile; it is likewise a great way to mend a person’s overall self-image. Having a beautiful straight smile is imperative, even more important is the essential to alleviate any possible health problems associated with the teeth or jaw. Crooked teeth, poor eating and oral hygiene habits, or jaw problems may contribute to improper cleaning of teeth, leading to tooth decay and, possibly, gum disease or total tooth loss. Over time, excessive strain on gum tissue and the bone that maintenances the teeth may harm the jaw joints leading to problems such as headaches or face and neck pain. Orthodontic problems that go untreated can lead to abnormal wear of tooth surfaces, chewing and digestion difficulties, speech impairments, and self -esteem problems (www.grorthodontics.com).
Dentinal hypersensitivity is characterized by a short, sharp pain in response to stimuli. Dentinal hypersensitivity, which is more commonly seen in adults in the 20 – 40 – year old age group, has several etiological factors. Gingival recession and enamel loss both contribute to the prevalence of this condition, resulting in the exposure of dentin.
Muscular Dystrophy (MD) is a disease that weakens the musculoskeletal system and affects the ability to move. MD also affects groups of muscles. In the 1860’s it was described that boys were progressively growing weaker, losing the ability to move and died at an early age. A decade after the first description a French, neurologist named Guillaume Duchenne gave account for thirteen boys with the most common and severe forms of Muscular Dystrophy. MD is being caused by a mutation of a gene within the X chromosome, and affects predominately males. Most MD are multisystem disorders and can affect other body systems that include the heart, gastrointestinal, nervous system, endocrine glands, eyes and brain. There are over 50,000 people in the United States that are diagnosed or living with muscular dystrophy.
Patients quality of life score was lower than in matched healthy controls in most of the domains, particularly in pain-related aspects and social functioning (35). The persistent nature of the pain has a tiring effect and involves every aspect of patient’s daily life (4). In the aforementioned study by List et al., patients also filled out the JFLS questionnaire (Jaw-Functioning-Limitation-Scale). Jaw related limitations are higher in PDAP patients than in controls. Though, according to a case-control study by Baad-Hansen et al., jaw limitations, as measured by the JFLS, are less severe in PDAP patients than TMD patients (43). Vena et al., administered the OHRQoL questionnaire (oral health-related quality of life) to 63 patients having persistent post-endodontic tooth pain. The authors concluded that patients reporting pain on percussion of the affected tooth have the lowest quality of life, as every time their tooth functions, they have pain exacerbation and a constant remainder of their chronic pain
Growing up I heard many stories from my peers of their experiences at the dentist’s office. It is upsetting to say that most of my visits were vividly terrifying. As a child, the grinding, scratching, and high-pitched twangs of the instruments digging around in my mouth would leave my ears ringing and teeth vibrating every single time. The smell of fluoride and disinfectants permanently infected the air, sending chills through my body the minute I walked in. I quickly learned that latex posses an extremely unappetizing aftertaste. Needless to say, I was not always enthusiastic about going to the dentist’s office and getting braces did not make anything better for me.
Oral health is important to everyone. People may need to face their own oral problems. Some important findings has been explored. According to the 2001 Oral health Survey established by Department of Health(2001) in Hong Kong and Annual Report 2010 of Bureau of Health Promotion in Taiwan(2010), 9 persons in ten have different level of periodontal disease. This indicates that people may not maintain a good oral health and do not have enough knowledge to having good oral health. Serious periodontal disease may affect the normal life of people. They may difficult to chew and loss of tooth affects the appearance of the people.
All my life I was asked the question, have I ever had braces before? I never really exactly saw what others seen in my teeth, until one day when I had my first real dentist visit. The dentist office was very interesting, from the way it looked to the way they operated (I always thought the dentist did the same as a doctor). As I went in for my cleaning the dentist saw that I had a couple cavities, I was trying to figure out what was a cavity. How is this affecting my nice teeth? Am I going to lose the tooth? All these things ran through my mind as I heard the news. The dentist came in and explain everything to me and my mom, gave us the option for fixing this problem. From that day forward I had a billion and one question about how the teeth