Treating TMD with orofacial myofunctional therapy.
August 23, 2016 Myofunctional therapy can enhance a patient’s quality of life By Timbrey Lind, RDH, and Shirley Gutkowski, RDH, BSDH Some 2,500 years ago, Hippocrates noted that many people with severe headaches also had crooked teeth. There were no successful treatments until pharmaceuticals came along, which treated the symptoms, not the cause. A temporomandibular disorder (TMD) is a very common problem affecting up to 33% (I think more) of individuals. TMD is often viewed as a repetitive motion disorder and eventual breakdown of the masticatory structures (jaw joint and surrounding muscles). The current perspective is that it’s an orofacial …
High-risk obstructive sleep apnea and sleep/awake bruxism: How do they relate to TMD?
Aug 27, 2015 By Elizabeth Kornegay, RDH, BSDH Editor’s note: During the 2015 annual meeting of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, dentists gathered from across the world to review and present clinical research in the field of dental sleep medicine. This year, like last, DentistryIQ is pleased to share blog posts from some of the AADSM Clinical Research Award winners, including students, which detail the noteworthy findings about their new research. Here, Elizabeth Kornegay, RDH, BSDH, focuses on the connection between sleep apnea and bruxism as they relate to predicting first-onset temporomandibular disorders. Temporomandibular disorder (TMD) is a musculoskeletal …
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