What’s the True Cause of Your Irritating Jaw Pain?
Malocclusion is only one part of the puzzle of TMJ, and it’s important to recognise that the condition can have a number of interlinked causes.
Gelb Center Case Studies: Juvabite, Jaw Pain, and Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Here are two examples of patients whose health I have improved using AirwayCentric® dentistry. I have alleviated their pain and improved their sleep – while enhancing their looks.
Not Just a Jaw Click: The Consequences of Untreated TMJ
You wake up and your face hurts, your jaw locks and then there’s the clicking! The clicking is seriously distracting when you eat! Does this sound familiar?
The Dental CBCT: Why You Need More Than a Standard X-Ray
You had a dental x-ray years ago but during your last check-up, your dentist recommended a cone beam CT scan (CBCT). So why the change?
Why Our Ancestors Never Needed to Worry About Breathing, But We Do
Numerous evolutionary shifts have taken place that prevent us from breathing properly. You may not even notice you don’t breath well through your nose because from an early age you started breathing through your mouth to compensate for these evolutionary changes.
The Lack of a Snout – An Evolutionary Story
As a result of the retracted narrow face of the human today, over 50% of the population has airway pathology.
Sleep Injuries – Can I Really Hurt Myself While Sleeping?
Imagine this headline splashed across the cover of a tabloid newspaper: “Your Mattress is trying to Kill You!” This sounds silly, and of course, it is! Mattresses are harmless things, and they won’t cause you any harm. Or will they?
What is Sleep Texting?
Sleep texting fragments sleep and may point to additional sleep disorders. Sleep disorders are especially a concern in teens and young adults because their developing brains lack restful NREM or memory enhancing REM sleep.