Can Be Treated Without Drugs
Kerry Johnson, DDS, FAGD
3244 Harrisburg PikeLandisville, PA 17538
Ph. (717) 868-7280
Organizer of Salunga – Landisville Memorial Day Program
Hempfield Rotary Club – Past President
One of the most technologically advanced offices in Lancaster
Products evaluator for Dentsply Caulk
OBJECTIVE OF TREATMENT
Our goal is to gently and naturally bring the head, neck, jaw and occlusion (bite) into neuromuscular alignment. In other words, the head literally teeters on top of the cervical spine, with the center of gravity forward of the spine, tethered to the body by the muscles of the joint systems. Functional and resting head posture depends on the proper tension in these muscles. Movement of the jaw is related not only to chewing muscles, but also to chewing patterns and head and neck posture. Head and neck posture and jaw relationships are therefore all intimately connected, and a change in one necessarily affects the others.
Optimal results in relieving TMJ dysfunction, headache, and head and neck related discomfort can only be achieved by taking into account this dynamic interrelationship among head and neck posture, jaw position, and dental occlusion.
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF TMD?
1. Pain around your ears
2. Pain in your jaw, tooth, face, neck, or shoulders
3. Clicking or popping of your jaw (jaw instability)
4. Inability to open your mouth, with or without pain, in the normal range of motion
5. Grinding your teeth
6. Ringing or fullness in your ears
7. Migraine headaches or any other type of headaches
8. Sinus pressure and lack of draining
There are many causes:
1. Trauma/whiplash
2. Braces/dental work
3. Stress/teeth grinding
4. Dental malocclusions
5. Missing or bad teeth
6. Muscle abuse/overuse
7. Inflammation
8. Disease
- Member of the American Dental Association
- Pennsylvania Dental Association
- Lancaster County Dental Society
- Fellow in the Academy of General Dentistry
- Pennsylvania Academy of General Dentistry
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HEADACHES are one of the most common symptoms of TMD
“We help you get relief from TMJ symptoms and migraine headaches”
The majority of headaches are a direct symptom of TMD (temporomandibular joint dysfunction), because headache is one of the most common complaints of those who suffer from various types of TMJ problems, such as head and neck pain, ringing in the ears (tinnitus), and jaw pain. Most headaches are caused by (1) tenderness of muscles and joints of the head and neck, and (2) clenching or grinding of teeth (bruxism).
