Are you struggling with persistent orofacial pain? Do you experience unrelenting toothaches, frequent headaches, or jaw discomfort? Orofacial pain, a newly recognized specialty focuses on diagnosing and treating painful conditions affecting the mouth, face, head, neck, and surrounding regions. This pain can be complex, sometimes originating in one area but manifesting elsewhere. Our orofacial pain specialists are trained to diagnose, treat and manage a range of conditions, including headache disorders, muscle pain, muscle aches or muscle spasm, facial pain, temporomandibular joint TMJ disorder, nerve pain cranial neuralgias and neuropathic pain , burning mouth syndrome and oromotor disorders grinding, clenching, and involuntary movements.
They also manage sleep-related breathing disorders with oral appliance therapy and treat chronic pain conditions affecting the head and neck. Each diagnosis and treatment plan is tailored to your specific needs. The temporomandibular joint, or TMJ, connects the lower jaw to the upper jaw. TMD, or Temporomandibular Joint Disorder, is a term that includes disorders of the joint and its supporting muscles, ligaments, and tendons. Some symptoms of TMD may include jaw clicking, jaw locking, stiffness or limited jaw movement, changes in your bite alignment, or ear pain.
Burning Mouth Syndrome BMS is a painful and difficult-to-diagnose condition often described as a constant burning or tingling feeling in the mouth. The TMJ or temporomandibular joint is the joint where your lower jaw meets your skull. This can include not just pain associated with the actual joint but also the supporting structures such as the muscles, ligaments, or tendons. Unexplained toothaches imply toothaches that are not due to a cavity or gum infection periodontal condition.
Atypical toothaches are associated with nerve-related conditions or headache disorders. Chronic daily headaches are headaches that occur at least 15 days out of the month. Many headache disorders can become chronic including migraine and tension-type headache.
Migraine is a neurological condition that is often divided into a migraine with and without aura. Insomnia or snoring may be associated with a sleep-related breathing disorder such as obstructive sleep apnea OSA. Obstructive sleep apnea is a common condition in which the muscles in the throat relax and cause the airways to become blocked causing your breathing to start and stop throughout the night.
