TMD (Temporomandibular Joint Disorder) can be caused by any number of reasons but its key symptoms, soreness or painful jaw muscles, arise mostly because of a bad alignment of your jaw and spine. Other causes of TMJ disorder include injury to the jaw, joints, and muscles within your head, grinding of the teeth, poor posture,
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Saliva plays an important part in our oral health, which includes washing food particles from your teeth and helping to break down food for easier digestion. Due to some trigger issues, we could experience excess amounts of saliva being produced due to side effects of other issues. At first you might not think that extra
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There are an estimated 10 million people in the United States who suffer from TMJ (Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction) disorder. For most of these people, the pain in the area of the jaw joint and muscles is not a serious problem, but for others the headaches, muscle pain, and popping may be extremely painful. Although we
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Teeth grinding is a problem that is quite common. It happens to everyone at least occasionally. If it’s just now and then, teeth grinding (official term: “Bruxism”) does not usually cause too much damage to your mouth, jaw or teeth. But if you grind your teeth regularly, you may be hurting your teeth and causing
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Watch out for those Sugarplums! There’s a pretty good chance that your kids aren’t dreaming about Toothpaste and Floss this holiday season . . . it’s those darn Sugar Plums dancing in their heads! Those sweet treats are hard to resist, but there are actually ways to keep your kids dental health on the nice
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A common questions new parents ask is “When should I start taking my child to the dentist?” The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry say the first visit should be around the time the child turns one year old. Most Pediatricians agree. Many times parents are surprised that a dentist would want to see a patient
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C & C has always stood for Comprehensive and Cosmetic Dentistry. And we continue to stand diligently by our work as we are devoted to restoring, enhancing and maintaining the natural beauty of your smile using conservative, state-of-the-art procedures. We remain proud to offer full service family and cosmetic dentistry services. But what about services beyond
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