Night Guards: Optimal Thickness, Materials, and Professional Assessment
The optimal thickness for a night guard is highly individualized, depending on bruxism severity, oral condition, and jaw anatomy, typically ranging fr...
By Alex
Category: Oral Health
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Jaw Pain: Understanding the Causes and Prevention When Chewing Ice
Jaw pain when chewing ice results from extreme forces on teeth, the temporomandibular joint, and masticatory muscles, often exacerbated by underlying ...
By Hart
Bruxism vs. TMD: Understanding Jaw Clenching, Grinding, and Temporomandibular Disorders
Bruxism is the habitual clenching or grinding of teeth, while temporomandibular disorder (TMD) is a broader condition affecting the jaw joint and musc...
By Hart
Bruxism: Understanding, Traditional, and Emerging Treatments
Emerging bruxism treatments focus on neuromodulation, advanced biofeedback, and targeted pharmacotherapy, offering more precise management beyond trad...
By Jordan
Tongue Lifts: Benefits, Technique, and Common Mistakes
Tongue lifts are a fundamental myofunctional exercise involving the elevation and suction of the entire tongue against the roof of the mouth, primaril...
By Hart
TMJ Surgery: Types, Risks, Recovery, and Alternatives
TMJ surgery refers to various surgical procedures performed on the temporomandibular joint, the hinge connecting your jawbone to your skull, typically...
By Jordan
Tongue Stretching: Benefits, Exercises, and Precautions
Tongue stretching involves performing targeted exercises to improve the flexibility, strength, and range of motion of the tongue's intrinsic and extri...
By Alex
Permanent Retainers: Reasons for Tooth Movement, Signs, and Prevention
Teeth can shift even with a permanent retainer due to mechanical failures, natural physiological processes, and ongoing forces within the mouth, neces...
By Alex
TMJ Lavage: Understanding the Procedure, Benefits, and Recovery
TMJ lavage, or arthrocentesis, is a minimally invasive outpatient procedure that flushes the temporomandibular joint with sterile saline to alleviate ...
By Hart
