TMJ Disorders

Our team at Dentistry at Vitality Health, is one of the first groups in Canada to offer treatment options in neuromuscular dentistry. Neuromuscular dentistry is based upon the principles and ability to objectively measure muscle function and correlate it in such a way as to achieve proper jaw posture and jaw movements during function.

We utilize these principles and techniques to help improve a person's "bite" and to help alleviate any symptoms they may be experiencing including, headaches, neck and back aches, numbness, pain in the jaw joints, amongst others that may initially appear to be unrelated.

Neuromuscular dentistry is also used to treat temporomandibular disorders or TMDs.

TMDs are a group of chronic degenerative disorders and diseases that can often take years to develop and diagnose. TMDs affect millions of people. People who suffer from TMDs often exhibit an imbalance in the jaw-to-skull relationship, which is caused or propagated by a bad bite (malocclusion).

When the jaw is misaligned, both the hard and soft tissues are affected and many physiological problems can result such as headaches, jaw pain, neck and shoulder pain, tinnitus (ringing ears) and clicking and popping sounds in the jaw joint. These TMDs are referred to as MPD (myofascial pain dysfunction).

TMJ problems or disorders can be improved utilizing neuromuscular dentistry.

Neuromuscular dentistry places the jaw into its optimal position, relieving the symptoms associated with various TMDs. While traditional dentistry primarily evaluates the teeth, bones, and gums, neuromuscular dentistry works with the hard and soft tissues, muscles and nerves. Neuromuscular dentists understand that your hard and soft tissues have a complex relationship.  Neuromuscular dentists understand the necessity for including the power source (the muscles which create the movement) and the controls (the nerves which regulate the movement), into the entire equation.  We work to make the entire relationship a harmonious one.