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The Cervical Spine and TMJ Connection – A New Frontier in Dentistry?

TMJ 101: The best TMD Treatment options for Dentists

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How to use splints in your treatment plan

Learn the two main types of splints and how to use them in your treatment planning process.

Doppler Auscultation in Dental Treatment Planning

One of our most important decisions in our dental treatment planning process is the treatment position of the TMJ. An easy and effective adjunctive screening tool for TMJ Health is Doppler Auscultation. Listening to our patient’s joints is an important step in the TMJ-Occlusal Exam process. The use of a Doppler in dentistry was developed […]

Range of Motion Scale: What Is It and Why Do You Need It?

A key element of the Complete Exam and Treatment Planning process is determining the health of the TM Joint. The components of the TMJ-Occlusal exam are: History Range of Motion Test Muscle Palpation Centric Relation Load Test Doppler Auscultation Determining signs of occlusal instability Imaging, if indicated

A Brief Review of a Healthy Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ)

Inspiration for this article: Recently we received the following comment on the blog article, “The Importance of Load Testing” by Dr. Leonard Hess. Comment: I am a past attendee of the Pankey and Dawson curriculums ( long ago in the 1980’s) and am flabbergasted that you still preach this anachronistic content which has long been […]

How to Treat Unstable or Uncomfortable TMJs

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How to differentiate between a joint derangement and muscle problem

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Dentists: Why should you load test the TMJ’s?

Properly loading the joints tells you several things about the root cause of some patients’ problems. This will also determine how functionally stable the patients is. Let’s start with the first item.