Neuromuscular Orthodontics
Neuromuscular Orthodontics at TMJ & Sleep Center
Neuromuscular orthodontics addresses TMJ pain and dysfunction at its root cause. It is a specialized field that considers how the alignment of your teeth and jaw affects the overall function of your muscles and joints. Common bite issues like overbites, underbites, crossbites, and deep bites can cause your lower jaw to be misaligned within the TMJ (temporomandibular joint) capsule. This misalignment can lead to shortened and dysfunctional muscle lengths, which may contribute to discomfort and other complications. All patients experiencing TMJ dysfunction always have the associated forward head, making TMJ a full body muscle disease.
Why Choose Neuromuscular Orthodontics?
1. Comprehensive Assessment: We examine the relationship between your teeth, jaw, and muscles to ensure optimal alignment including posture.
2. Personalized Treatment Plans: Our orthodontic plans are tailored to meet your unique needs, focusing on improving both function, aesthetics, posture and airway.
3. Enhanced Comfort: By correcting the jaw's position, we can alleviate muscle tension and improve overall comfort. Before we do these measures, individuals have never functioned correctly 5,000 times a day (through the face and into the connecting postural musculature).
4. Improved Posture: Proper jaw alignment supports better posture, which can have positive effects on your overall well-being. Bringing the head over the spine by a neuromuscular functional appliance creates long term postural and TMJ stability.
Our Approach to Neuromuscular Orthodontics
At TMJ & Sleep Center, we integrate state-of-the-art technology and personalized care to provide effective neuromuscular orthodontic treatments. This drill-free treatment option is great for those fearful of dental procedures. Our experienced team is dedicated to your comfort and guiding you through each step of the process, providing you with the highest level of care.
Benefits of Neuromuscular Orthodontics
- Addresses dysfunctional bites using appliances that are designed based on precise muscle measurements. In order to create a functional orthotic, we have to measure the individual’s dysfunctional muscles.
- Enhances the width of both the upper and lower dental arches, ensuring there is ample space for teeth to erupt and improves sinus drainage and congestion as posture is simultaneously improved and corrected.
- Does not require surgery or the extraction of teeth.
- By optimizing the position and width of the jaw, teeth can align more naturally, which supports a functional jaw position creating 5,000 times a day function into the head and posture.
- Braces are applied when necessary to level, align, rotate, and help teeth emerge into the correct neuromuscular bite position.
Start Your Journey to Pain-Free Living
Don’t let TMJ pain and dysfunction hold you back any longer. At TMJ & Sleep Center, our neuromuscular orthodontic treatments address the root causes of your discomfort, helping you achieve lasting relief and improved overall well-being.
Schedule your free consultation and start your journey to a healthier, pain-free life.