{"id":1141,"date":"2018-11-03T11:06:44","date_gmt":"2018-11-03T16:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/?p=1141"},"modified":"2018-12-03T13:05:31","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T19:05:31","slug":"need-tmj-specialist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/need-tmj-specialist\/","title":{"rendered":"Do I Need a TMJ Specialist?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I told my dentist about a pain in my jaw. He decided I have TMJ and keeps giving me Botox injections. While the injections help, I don&#8217;t want to need them for the rest of my life. If I went to a TMJ Specialist would there be a permanent solution?<\/p>\n<p>Gina<\/p>\n<p>Dear Gina,<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tmj-dentist.jpg\" alt=\"A woman holding her jaw from TMJ pain\" width=\"280\" height=\"298\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1037\" \/><\/p>\n<p>TMJ Disorder can be very complex. Often, there&#8217;s more than one factor. If all your dentist is doing is the <a href=\"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/blog\/category\/botox\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Botox injections<\/a> without looking for what could be causing it, then yes, you&#8217;ll want to see someone else. Unfortunately, there&#8217;s no such thing as a <a href=\"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/new-orleans-tmj-dentist.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TMJ Specialist<\/a> as far as a recognized specialty goes. But, there are some things to look for when choosing a dentist to treat your TMJ.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll want a dentist who has invested in post-doctoral training in the diagnosis and treatment of TMJ Disorder. Some of the more reputable institutions are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Dawson Academy<\/li>\n<li>The Seattle Institute<\/li>\n<li>The Kois Center<\/li>\n<li>Pankey Center<\/li>\n<li>Las Vegas Institute (LVI)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dentists who&#8217;ve studied with one of these institutions will be a practitioner who can help find the root cause or causes of your particular TMJ problems. <\/p>\n<h2>A couple of Causes of TMJ<\/h2>\n<p>One leading cause of TMJ problems is teeth grinding or clenching. Over time, this not only does damage to the hinge joint, but it is also devastating to your teeth. It can cause them to crack or break, requiring dental crowns. It can even cause them to come loose.<\/p>\n<p>The grinding motion wears them down to nubs and could end up costing tens of thousands of dollars for a full-mouth reconstruction. To make matters worse, if you don&#8217;t regularly see a dentist you may never know you&#8217;re even doing it until it is too late. That&#8217;s because most people do it in their sleep. <\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, for most patients, when caught early, there&#8217;s a simple fix. A night guard can protect your teeth. It fits like a custom made comfortable mouth guard and places a barrier between your teeth.<\/p>\n<p>Another cause is malalignment of the teeth. If your bite is off, it can throw off your jaw joint leading to serious TMJ problems, including lockjaw. Sometimes, it is just a matter of <a href=\"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\/invisalign.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">simple orthodontics<\/a>, other times it&#8217;s more serious. <\/p>\n<p>A good dentist will always start with the least invasive treatment before moving onto other more drastic measures. <\/p>\n<p>Best of luck to you.<br \/>\nThis blog is brought to you by <a href=\"https:\/\/delaunedental.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Orleans Dentist<\/a> Dr. Duane Delaune.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I told my dentist about a pain in my jaw. He decided I have TMJ and keeps giving me Botox injections. While the injections help, I don&#8217;t want to need them for the rest of my life. If I went to a TMJ Specialist would there be a permanent solution? Gina Dear Gina, TMJ Disorder [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[329,610,754,756,753,648,637,66,757,758,755,28,751,752],"class_list":{"0":"post-1141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-tmj-specialist","7":"tag-botox-for-tmj","8":"tag-botox-injections","9":"tag-causes-of-tmj-disorder","10":"tag-clenching","11":"tag-finding-a-tmj-specialist","12":"tag-invisalign","13":"tag-new-orleans-dentist","14":"tag-new-orleans-tmj-specialist","15":"tag-orthodontics","16":"tag-simple-orthodontics","17":"tag-teeth-gringing","18":"tag-tmj-dentist","19":"tag-tmj-problems","20":"tag-tmj-solutions","21":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Do I Need a TMJ Specialist? - Dr. Duane Delaune&#039;s Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"All her dentist does to treat her TMJ disorder is give her Botox Injections for relief. 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