Do You Have Sore Jaws or Worn Teeth? Suffer From Headaches? Snore excessively? Experience Sleep Apnea?Have Clicking or Popping in Your Jaw? Ringing Ears?

These symptoms are commonly referred to as TMJ (tempormandibular joint) or TMD (tempormandibular dysfunction) happen when the teeth, muscles and jaw joints are not working together harmoniously. Millions of people suffer from TMJ/TMD, with Dr. Adler's treatment: pain is relieved, and teeth, muscles and jaw joint function is restored. Your posture can even be improved!

Adler Dentistry has the secret to eliminating such symptoms (due to teeth/jaw joint/muscle/bite conflicts) as:

• Headaches
• Loose teeth
• Worn, chipped, or cracked teeth or fillings
• Clenching or grinding
• Excessive snoring, or sleep apnea
• Jaw Joint pain, clicking or popping
• Shoulder, neck, and back pain
• Numbness in arms and fingers
• Pain behind the eyes
• Facial pain
• Difficulty swallowing
• Pain and sensitivity in teeth
• Crowded teeth
• Receding gums
• Ringing or congestion in the ears: Tinnitus
• Temperature sensitive teeth
• “Tingling” fingertips

Many individuals do not realize that muscles play an important role in dentistry.

Neuromuscular dentistry is evaluation/diagnosis, and healing of the relationship between teeth, jaw joints, jaw posture, head muscles, neck muscles, back muscles, head posture, and body posture. These all impact your bite (occlusion), and could cause a variety of symptoms affecting your long term health & well being . A problem bite can occur: due to accidents, missing, worn down, and misaligned teeth.

What Is Neuromuscular Dentistry?

As dentists go into practice, it is not uncommon to hear them say that they have done procedures "by the book" and yet have less than satisfactory results.

The goal of a Neuromuscular Dentist, like Dr. Adler, is to find the optimum position of the jaw where the muscles are relaxed and at rest. This is a three dimensional solution. Dr. Adler relaxes the muscles controlling jaw position to establish a true physiological rest position, upon which treatment considerations are based.  

Dr. Adler, can then realign your bite; resolving your TMJ/TMD symptoms.

To put it simply: Adler Dentistry's neuromuscular treatment places the jaw into its optimal position, relieving the symptoms associated with TMJ/TMD. The Adler Dentistry procedure uses the high technology Myotronics tm system; with it Dr. Adler relaxes all the involved muscles, and then measures the optimal jaw posture. Using the appropriate dental appliance/therapy, he "preserves" that jaw posture creating a pain free jaw/muscle/teeth relationship with smooth function.

In summary, Neuromuscular dentistry is the science of occlusion encompassing not only the teeth, but the objective evaluation of the status and function of the jaw muscles and joints — before, during and after treatment — to achieve the optimal result.

Neuromuscular Dentists commonly report that by taking muscle and joint status into consideration aids them in optimizing treatment, minimizing the times that they are "surprised" by less than ideal outcomes, and gives them the added insight needed to treat complex cases. 

While traditional dentistry evaluates primarily the teeth, bones, and gums; neuromuscular dentistry works with the hard tissues and the soft tissues, muscles and nerves. Neuromuscular dentists understand this is a complex relationship. To create a harmonious relationship, neuromuscular dentists understand the necessity for including with the teeth: the power source (muscles) and the controls (nerves) which create the movement, pressures, and function of the mouth.

An improper bite (malocclusion) is relatively easy to correct. Treatment options include adjusting the bite, orthotics, orthodontics, or restoring the teeth to their correct positions.