by Dr. Brown | Jun 20, 2018 | ALF Appliance, Health & Wellness, Orthodontics, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Disorders, TMJ Dysfunction
In today’s blog I would like to discuss how parents are not at all aware that their child completes much of their neurologic and physiologic development at a very early age. Most of their faces are done growing by around six years old, so shouldn’t we take care of... by Dr. Brown | Apr 1, 2018 | Health & Wellness, Orthodontics, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Disorders, TMJ Dysfunction
In this past week I have had over a half dozen patients call to tell me that the ENT, their MD, or their pediatrician said the frenums- see pictures below- do not require ‘trimming’. If you look at the picture on the left, that little bit of tissue just above the two... by Dr. Brown | Jan 15, 2018 | ALF Appliance, Health & Wellness, Orthodontics, TMJ Dysfunction
This past week I have seen a number of new patients come into our office and I am hearing the same old story: “I went to a neurologist…I went to the ENT…. I went to my GP…. I went to my acupuncturist” and on and on and on. And then I sit down directly in front of them... by Dr. Brown | Nov 27, 2017 | ALF Appliance, Movement Disorder, Orthodontics, Patient Experience, TMJ Dysfunction
In our office at Sleep and TMJ Therapy, we are finding that there is a little problem starting. As many of you dear readers already have learned, the insurance companies have quite nicely taken control and are now denying needed surgeries and final braces or crowns,... by Dr. Brown | Nov 17, 2017 | Health & Wellness, Movement Disorder, Orthodontics, Patient Experience, TMJ Dysfunction
In the past weeks of August in 2017 marks a shift in my education that will forever change how I see things with my patients. I spent five days with Dr. James Bronson at the ALF Educational Institute and then one day later flew to Oslo, Norway, and taught side by side... by Dr. Brown | Nov 15, 2017 | Health & Wellness, Orthodontics, Sleep Disorders, TMJ Dysfunction
This week I had two young women in the office to deliver their ALF appliances. One of them asked me why snoring was so bad since her boyfriend ‘snored like a banchee’. As I explained the problems that are associated with snoring- there might be sleep apnea issues that...