by Dr. Brown | Nov 27, 2020 | ALF Appliance, GELB Device, Headaches, Migraines, MRI, Patient Experience, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Disorders, TMJ Dysfunction
This happens almost every day at my office. A new patient will come in because their jaw joints are hurting and they simply cannot figure out why things are so bad. It really can be quite the conundrum for them. When I start asking questions the truth comes out: The... by Dr. Brown | Nov 6, 2020 | ALF Appliance, GELB Device, Headaches, Health & Wellness, Migraines, Movement Disorder, MRI, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Disorders, TMJ Dysfunction
This month of November, 2020, marks a time when it’s important to be aware of TMJ disorders and what you need to look for in your journey to find relief. Many of the symptoms of TMD are very difficult to really identify as to what might be causing them. For example,... by Dr. Brown | Oct 30, 2020 | ALF Appliance, GELB Device, Health & Wellness, Movement Disorder, Orthodontics, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Disorders, TMJ Dysfunction
When we see a little kid sucking their thumb, many people think that it looks harmless and sometimes even cute. Little do they know that thumb sucking leads to all sorts of damage to the skull and the airway! In today’s blog I would like to go into some of the reasons... by Dr. Brown | Oct 9, 2020 | ALF Appliance, GELB Device, Health & Wellness, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Disorders, TMJ Dysfunction
So many people grind and clench their teeth these days that it is almost becoming the norm in the patients that I see. There are several theories about why we grind our teeth, with perhaps the most common being that we are under stress and take out the tension on our... by Dr. Brown | Sep 11, 2020 | ALF Appliance, GELB Device, Health & Wellness, Patient Experience, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Disorders, TMJ Dysfunction
Today is September 9, 2020, and I wanted to do a blog about my experiences these past few months in regard to how our patients are doing with the quarantine and how we are slowly returning to some degree of ‘normalcy’. In the past months as Virginia has gone into the... by Dr. Brown | Aug 7, 2020 | ALF Appliance, GELB Device, Health & Wellness, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Disorders, TMJ Dysfunction
In too many people that I meet these days, both young children and older patients, I observe that the lower jaw is set back too far and it looks like they have no chin. It’s almost rampant how many children have this problem and yet so little is being done about it....