by Dr. Brown | Aug 21, 2020 | ALF Appliance, GELB Device, Headaches, Health & Wellness, Orthodontics, Patient Experience, TMJ Dysfunction
I see new patients every day who are contemplating doing Invisalign, or aligners of some kind, in order to ‘fix’ either their TMJ problem or to re-align their bite when they already had braces done in the past. There is a chance that doing aligners might help them,... by Dr. Brown | Jul 10, 2020 | Health & Wellness, Orthodontics, Patient Experience, TMJ Dysfunction
Almost every day someone asks me about the radiation coming from our dental xray system. It is understandable that our patients have this concern, after all, we hear on the news that we need to be careful about sun exposure and the need for sunblock, so be careful... by Dr. Brown | Feb 21, 2020 | ALF Appliance, GELB Device, Movement Disorder, Orthodontics, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Disorders, TMJ Dysfunction
The ALF (Advanced Lightwire Functional) appliance was developed by Dr. Darick Nordstrom about 40 years ago. In working with an osteopath (bone doctor), the ALF was developed with the principles of osteopathy in mind. There principles include promoting movement of the... by Dr. Brown | Jul 26, 2019 | Headaches, Health & Wellness, Migraines, Orthodontics, Patient Experience, TMJ Dysfunction
The other evening, my wife asked me to meet up with her and the kids at the mall for dinner. My daughter had a bunch of her friends doing the shopping thing and they all had dinner afterward. The other kids were to be picked up by their parents. One of the parents... 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...