TMJ Disorder

WHAT IS ‘TMJ’?

The temporomandibular joint is the axial joint that hooks up the lower jaw with the skull’s temporal bone. These joints maintain jaw plasticity. The jaw can smoothly make up-down and side-to-side movements along with enabling a person to chew, yawn or talk. There are muscles around the jaw joint too. These muscles control jaw position and movement.

WHAT IS ‘TMJ’ DISORDER?

Temporomandibular Joint Disorder refers to jaw disorders. “TMJ Disorder” occurs when trouble arises in the jaw, jaw joints, or facial muscles that regulate jaw movements. TMJ Disorder creates dysfunction in jaw muscles thereby commencing excruciating pain while moving the jaw.

Pain is the main syndrome of TMJ Disorder that occurs in regular cycles.

Reasons:

  • Unbalanced activity
  • Spasm
  • Overusing jaw muscles

Symptoms:

  • Headache/Earache
  • Experiencing pain in the jaw, neck, or face.
  • Jaw muscles get stiff
  • Locking of the jaw movement

WHY US?

Sometimes the pain vanishes with little treatment however; if TMJ Disorder specialist is not consulted it may lead to long-term problems.

Jalandhar Hospitals Dental has distinctly skilled TMJ Disorder specialists who are capable of disappearing your pain in a go. Our Jalandhar Hospitals Dental clinic has various branches all over Jalandhar Punjab. We render long-lasting TMJ Disorder services at affordable prices. We have executed all the latest technology to ease patients with pain in TMJ. We ought to render our services to the maximum of those suffering from this disorder and so we have removed the price constraint for all. Our services are for all.

Our Treatment

TMJ pain is mostly temporary but some of our exclusive services include

CONSERVATIVE TREATMENTS

Jaw Relaxation: In the initial therapy, the jaw is relaxed by utilizing warm compresses. If there are any dental injuries then instead of warm compresses we make use of ice packs. Along with this, pain-relieving medications are also prescribed. Jaw relaxation can heal temporomandibular joints. In this treatment, we also follow stress-reduction techniques which will release stress as well as relax your jaw and body. The following care is expected from the patient’s side:

  • Consume only soft foods and avoid chewy foods.
  • Avoid eating chewing gum or hard candy.
  • Avoid wide opening of your mouth.
  • Practice muscle stretching or relaxation exercises exactly as guided by our TMJ specialist.

Fitting Splint: A splint or bite plate of plastic is fitted surrounding your jaw by our specialists. This acts as a guard between the upper and lower teeth. This helps in:

  • Reducing Clenching
  • Teeth grinding
  • Ease muscle tension

INVASIVE TREATMENTS

Invasive techniques are used when conservative techniques fail to ease your problem. In this technique, two needles are inserted in the temporomandibular joint so as to wash it thoroughly. One needle is attached to the cleansing solution-filled syringe. This fluid exists through the other syringe.

This method suits many and the pain gets back to normal. Sometimes, pain-relieving medications are also injected in a similar way.

SURGERY

We generally avoid advising this treatment to our valuable patients as it is irreversible. We apply it in extreme cases where the joints in the jaw are replaced with artificial implants.