Tag: TMJ

How to Tell when Chronic Headaches have a Dental Cause: Functional occlusion in patients with chronic headaches: Interview with Jeri Coffey, DDS

Posted on jopadminPosted in Doug R. Skinkis, Nicole M. Baird, CHFP, Ross A. Hauser, MD, Volume 2 : Issue 3 : August 2010, Wonder Why?

By Jeri Coffey, DDS, Ross A. Hauser, MD, Nicole M. Baird, CHFP, & Doug R. Skinkis ABSTRACT The Journal of Prolotherapy team of Ross Hauser, MD, Nicole Baird, and Doug Skinkis, met with Jeri Coffey, DDS in her office in Riverside, Illinois. Dr. Coffey is often referred patients whose headache and neck pain may be due, in part, to more »

The Use of Prolotherapy for Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction

Posted on jopadminPosted in Kim M. Ledermann, DDS, Roy V. Hakala, DDS, Volume 2 : Issue 3 : August 2010, Wonder Why?

By Roy V. Hakala, DDS & Kim M. Ledermann, DDS ABSTRACT Prolotherapy was first described in the scientific literature in 1937 for the treatment of TMJ disorders. This article describes basic TMJ anatomy and the common components of TMJ dysfunction (TMD). Diagnostic methods used to identify TMD are listed and the technique for injecting the TMJ is detailed. more »