TMJ

  • Ask The Doctor: TMJD

    July 1st, 2009

    Assuming your dentist has already ruled out arthritis or a traumatic injury as the cause of your TMJD, yes, natural treatments will ease the pain without surgery or heavy drugs.

    I have TMJD, and my dentist says I need surgery. There must be something less invasive I can do to ease the pain.
    By Sam Dworkin, DDS, PhD
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  • What's My Alternative: Acupuncture for TMJ

    December 1st, 2008

    For more than a year, Nancy Moore, 60, of Bellingham, Washington, suffered from debilitating jaw pain. Constant jaw clenching and teeth grinding—a result of the stresses in Moore’s life—led her to develop temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ), a condition that occurs when the joint connecting the lower jaw to the skull becomes inflamed and limits jaw mobility.

    By Alyse Clacy

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