TMJ SUPPORT

curious about feedback on odd situation?

feeds@kickapps.com (ginnic) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:01:57 PST

As many of you know from other postings, my TJR bilaterally, a year ago, was a great success, and it was the answer to my problems - though it took me 9 years to find the answers - and much of that search for the right answer was done by me, sort of plugging away, desperately, convinced I had a serious joint problem (I did) and trying to find the right doctor.

Here is my desire for feedback - along the way, when the first oral surgeon, after 2 scopes, decided - it seemed - that he had no more to offer me and seemed to be VERY doubtful that I had anything truly joint related going on (despite my symptoms, long story, look in archives?) and he actually warned me AGAINST having more surgery "it will not help and it will probably make things worse" etc - he referred me to a so called TMJ specialty and oral facial pain clinic - the doctor in that clinic he referred me to was NOT the one I ended up seeing - that person was booked up so far ahead - the other partner had a...

Muscle spasm and TMJ

feeds@kickapps.com (luckeechick) — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:03:51 PST

Continuing this from the Welcome section above! What is the biggest problem you all have with TMJ? I know they are all horrible. The worst and most upsetting for me is the muscle spasms which affect the back of my head at the base of my skull, my face and lots of time my neck. It is more of a spasticity really and the main thing that I have to treated to function. It's like a vibration in my head all the time and makes me dizzy, off-balance to the point I can't read, write, drive, etc., almost can't function at all with it really. If I keep this under control then the hurting sort of pain tends to stay more under control. Does anyone else have this to this degree?

I've never met anyone that has bad TMJ and would love to chat live sometimes.

Terri

Hello, one year anniversary feedback TJR

feeds@kickapps.com (ginnic) — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 01:25:15 PST

Hello all,
Some of the older members remember me. I am a patient who struggled for approx 9 years to get help for my jaw problems - went through one oral surgeon locally (two scopes), one supposed referred to specialist (a disaster IMHO, expensive, worthless and emotionally traumatic in the long run when she didn't seem to believe me when I said her methods were making me WORSE), and, finally, with the help of my own internet research and talking to a willing TMJ surgeon in NYC area, he referred me to someone in my "own back yard" (hour and a half drive away). That OS quickly summed up the Xrays, MRI's, history of my jaw problems, with progression of same, more XRays, and in the LONG run - after trying several slightly less invasive methods - said I needed TJRs.

One year ago this week, June 23, 2009, to be precise, I had both joints removed and replaced with CONCEPTS joints in a long but uncomplicated surgery.

A year later? I take an occ aspirin if my muscles get...

Scientist Grows Jaw Bone From Adult Stem Cells

feeds@kickapps.com (Cymy Sue) — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:26:02 PST

Scientist Grows Jaw Bone From Adult Stem Cells
5-18-2010
by Anna Kuchment

A Columbia scientist has become the first to grow a complex, full-size bone from human adult stem cells.

Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, a professor of biomedical engineering at the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, reports that her team grew a temporomandibular joint (TMJ) from stem cells derived from bone marrow. Her work is reported in the online Early Edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science this month.

Vunjak-Novakovic used CT images (A and B) to build a TMJ-shaped scaffold (C).
“The TMJ has been widely studied as a tissue-engineering model because it cannot be generated easily, if at all, by current methods,” says Vunjak-Novakovic, whose co-authors include Warren L. Grayson, then a post-doctoral student in her lab and now an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University. Around 25 percent...

End to Rescission(Sept.) , and More Good News

feeds@kickapps.com (Cymy Sue) — Tue, 04 May 2010 12:08:15 PST

NYTimes

May 2, 2010

Americans are already starting to see the benefits of health care reform. The new law requires health insurance companies — starting in September — to end their most indefensible practice: rescinding coverage after a policyholder gets sick. In recent days insurers and their trade association have rushed to announce that they will end rescissions immediately.

That is very good news for the thousands of people who each year pay their premiums but lose their coverage just when they are likely to run up big medical bills.

The insurers decided to act quickly after they were whacked by some very bad publicity. An investigative report by Reuters said that one of the nation’s biggest insurers, WellPoint, was targeting women with breast cancer for fraud investigations that could lead to rescissions.

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Expert Reports Written By TMJ Experts

feeds@kickapps.com (Scout) — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:32:17 PST

http://therichardtriggcase.webs.com/evidence1.htm
To read many expert reports written by world-renowned TMJ experts click on link above...

Have you ever sneezed and made your jaw ache??

feeds@kickapps.com (lu jones) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:19:38 PST

Daytime Stress may lead to grinding teeth at night

feeds@kickapps.com (Michelle Denise) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:00:50 PST

Grinding Teeth at Night May Be a Sign of Daytime Stress

Those who do it appear to have difficulty coping in a positive way, researchers say

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What does " articular erosions mean ?

feeds@kickapps.com (tingu) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:59:32 PST

Hello everyone .

I'm trying to find out what that above term means in layman terms i.e. I'm assuming it means something to do with the connective tissue effecting the motion of the jaw , or is it something else ?

thanks

Tingu

Full mouth reconstruction

feeds@kickapps.com (bite718) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:26:58 PST

Hi everyone

Right now I'm having pain and I want to put my teeth back to the way they used to be, I was told that full reconstruction could be able to fix the in correction in my bite, but I don't know of any dentists anymore to even get a recommendation.

How does a person find someone to do reconstruction on your mouth, someone that you can believe in that will do the work successfully. I live in NYC, if anyone has any suggestions on how to find the right person feel free to post.

Londoner needing advice and a therapist

feeds@kickapps.com (mopantsu) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:47:19 PST

I am a 44 year old male and have facial pain. It is in my cheeks (Mainly the left side), burning earaches, sore saliva glands, burning neck pain that shifts around, pains in my left shoulder, arm and wrist and chronic somatic tinnitus (The tinnitus increases with muscle tension and anxiety or if I press or stretch my neck, head and jaw etc). Plus I get sinus congestion, headaches and wandering migraines and pains behind the eyes.

I also have other issues like GERD and IBS which may or may not be related.

Now I read about trigger points and have been poking bits of my body and find there are these sore spots that hurt like hell when I press them (There is one on my left arm just below the elbow on the top of the forearm that hurts like hell right now).

I am thinking a lot of my symptoms are muscle related due to anxiety, stress and poor lifestyle (Lack of exercise and poor diet etc). The tinnitus, fascial pain, neck pain and arm pain etc all seem to point to...

Dental Appointment

feeds@kickapps.com (Elaine2004) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:59:58 PST

Saw the dentist yesterday. It was not much fun. I had two cavities, one in the bottom front and one in the top front. Both from gritting my teeth and having such an overbite. The bottom tooth was turning dark on the top of it so he ground it down and filled it. Doesn't even show. The top one just looked real thin to me but he said it was a slight cavity too so he fixed it. Then he adjusted my splint and guess what. I woke up with a horrible headache this morning. I don't know if it is from the splint adjustment or just from the dental appointment and opening too wide. I will see tomorrow how I wake up.
The bill was almost $500.00. Unreal if you ask me. Anybody else have cavities from exess gritting?
Elaine

TMJ Signs and Symptoms and Causes

feeds@kickapps.com (Michelle Denise) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:32:41 PST

Temporomandibular disorders are caused by problems with the muscles or joints or fibrous tissue connecting them.
People may have headaches and tenderness of the chewing muscles or may hear clicking of the joints.
Doctors or dentists can usually diagnose these disorders with a physical examination, but sometimes an imaging test is needed.
Treatment usually involves splint therapy and pain relief.

The temporomandibular joints are the connections between the temporal bones of the skull and the lower jawbone (mandible). There are two temporomandibular joints, one on each side of the face just in front of the ears. Ligaments, tendons, and muscles support the joints and are responsible for jaw movement.

TMJ Derangment Anatomy Drawing

feeds@kickapps.com (Michelle Denise) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:09:52 PST

Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Derangement - Medical Illustration, Human Anatomy Drawing

TMJ Statistics

The most common cause of facial pain is temporomandibular joint and muscle disorder (TMJD), which causes recurrent or chronic pain and dysfunction in the jaw joint and its associated muscles and supporting tissues. TMJD is the second most commonly occurring musculoskeletal condition resulting in pain and disability (after chronic low back pain), affecting approximately 5 to 12% of the population, with an annual cost estimated at $4 billion. About half to two-thirds of those with TMJ disorders will seek treatment. Among these, approximately 15% will develop chronic TMJD.

Currently there are no data about TMJD based on a large nationwide sample. Most of these data have been gathered from studies with smaller samples of limited population groups.

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National Instititue of DEntal and Craniofacial Research Article

feeds@kickapps.com (Michelle Denise) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:42:45 PST

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Opana ER (medication)

feeds@kickapps.com (Michelle Denise) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:05:39 PST

Pain Management with OPANA® ER and OPANA®

OPANA ER

OPANA^® ER is indicated for the relief of moderate to severe pain in patients requiring continuous, around-the-clock opioid treatment for...

TMJ & Life

feeds@kickapps.com (bite718) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:28:58 PST

Hi Everyone

I hope everyone is finding methods that are helpful in keeping the pain away and your spirit up
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I thought I would stop by and say hello, and let ppl know what is going on with my tmj and life.

My pain is manageable for now with tmj.

Now I'm back to feeling anxiety and trying to accept another condition and learning about it and trying to be hopeful.

I recently was diagnosed with a new condition, Glaucoma. I know it's treatable and it was caught early and now I take eye drops
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In March I was diagnosed with a bulging disc in my back and I took a cortisone shot and it's helped to relieve most of the pain.

Getting older seems to be a process of dealing with one condition after another. Life for now feels a lot different than years ago. I'm managing, after dealing with tmj initially I've developed skills in trying to maintain a balance knowing there are good days and some not as...

TMJ Conference

feeds@kickapps.com (Michelle Denise) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:03:40 PST

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Dental School has 17 Millon Study of 3400 study subjects

feeds@kickapps.com (Michelle Denise) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:10:14 PST

For more information contact us at info@tmjconference.org

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Maryland Dental School To Help Solve Mystery Of TMJ Jaw Pain

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Article Date: 30 Jan 2009 - 0:00 PST

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