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Seven Common Signs of TMJ Disorders
Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders are a common condition that affects millions of people worldwide. The TMJ is the joint that connects your jawbone to your skull and allows you to move your jaw…
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How TMJ Treatment Can Improve Your Facial Aesthetics
TMJ disorders cause extensive discomfort and many frustrating symptoms, but did you know your facial aesthetics may also be affected? TMJ is often caused by a retruded lower jaw that impacts the bite…
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Can Your Facial Features Indicate TMJ Disorders?
Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders or TMD are usually diagnosed based on symptoms. Most people with TMD will complain of jaw or facial pain, as well as many other uncomfortable symptoms, and seek treatment.…
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Sleep Apnea: 10 Ways It Degrades Your Sleep Quality and Well-Being
Sleep is essential for our overall health and well-being. Unfortunately, many individuals suffer from a common sleep disorder known as sleep apnea. The condition is distinguished by breathing pauses during sleep, resulting in…
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Five Tips for Preventing a TMJ Flareup
If you have temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder, you know how painful and frustrating a flareup can be. TMJ disorders affect the jaw joint and the muscles that control its movement. As a result,…
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Best Foods to Ease Your TMJ Pain
Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain can be a frustrating and debilitating condition, affecting your ability to eat and speak and causing headaches and facial pain. While various treatments are available, diet can also play…
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Is Sleep Apnea Related to TMJ?
Sleep apnea is a prevalent sleep disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. It happens when you stop breathing for a short time while you sleep, which lowers your body’s oxygen. Sleep apnea…
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Breathing: We are getting it all wrong
The “good”, the “bad”, and the “ugly”, of breathing in modern Western society A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because it’s…
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COVID-19 Prevention: Are YOU Breathing through your Nose?
Nitric Oxide, released only when breathing through the nose, is anti-viral, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal and could be key. Nose breathing makes your body more resistant to viruses, bacteria, and fungi. Well, we can…
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What is Happening to our Jaws?
The Science is clear: They are getting smaller…with consequences What is happening to Our jaws? It’s been happening for 100’s of years now and the causes are multifactorial but they all translate to…