North Carolina Facial Pain - In Your Local Area
Wake Forest Dental
Appointments: (919) 556-6200
Edmond Suh D.D.S.
Wake Forest Dental
1711 S. Main Street
Wake Forest, NC 27587
A beautiful smile can brighten your life! If you are continuously hiding your chipped, stained, or cracked teeth from others, it's time for a change! Edmond Suh, D.D.S., a trusted Wake Forest area dentist, can fix chips, cracks, and stains to reveal a great new smile - and a new you. You'll look so good you'll wonder why you waited so long!
Here at Wake Forest Dental, your comfort is our number one priority. We will do our utmost to put you at ease and keep you feeling relaxed and secure. Under the experienced leadership of Dr. Edmond Suh, our dedicated team of professionals is at your service to explain your treatment thoroughly and answer any questions you may have.
Don't let untreated dental problems get you down. Rebuild your confidence with a beautiful new smile. From simple treatments that make a big difference, to more extensive work, unveiling the smile you were meant to have can have profound life-changing effects. Serving the Wake Forest, NC area and offering TMJ, Dr. Suh can help you develop an affordable treatment plan you'll feel good about.
A negative self image can be detrimental to many facets of your life. Wake Forest area dentist Dr. Edmond Suh understands the positive life-changing power that a healthy and beautiful smile can bring to you. Here at Wake Forest Dental, we don't want you to be embarrassed any longer. Why not take your smile - and even your life - to a new level of self-confidence and beauty?
Wake Forest area restorative dentistry at Wake Forest Dental can produce natural-looking results. If you have a damaged or missing tooth, we can help.
Our highly skilled team will assess your need for a crown, bridge, implant or other procedure to restore or improve your smile. Our goal is to provide quality dental care for your life-long oral health.
New Smile Magic
Appointments: (919) 403-5559
Theresa Robinson D.M.D.
New Smile Magic
5915 Farrington Road, Suite 101
Chapel Hill, NC 27517-9900
Here at New Smile Magic based in the Chapel Hill, NC area, Dr. Theresa Robinson offers a wide selection of functional appliances to correct the positioning of your teeth and jaws. These can be used alone or before and after treatment with braces.
You've probably heard that a root canal procedure can be an uncomfortable experience. At New Smile Magic, located in Chapel Hill, NC area, that's not the case. Dr. Theresa Robinson numbs the tooth so you simply won't feel any pain, and you'll find that there is very little discomfort afterwards.
With IV sedation you'll have no memory of your dental procedure at our Chapel Hill area sedation dentistry practice. Since you are safely sedated during the treatment, you experience virtually no pain. You'll simply wake up to your successful results.
If traditional unsightly metal braces are not appealing to you or your child, you may want to consider tooth-colored braces from Chapel Hill area braces dentist Dr. Robinson.
The braces will hardly be noticeable, since the stain-resistant material will be blended to match the exact color of your teeth. If subtle is what you are looking for - and you need braces - this could be a great option for you.
If you are looking for non-surgical treatment for bleeding gums, Chapel Hill area gingivitis dentist Dr. Theresa Robinson is here to help. There are many effective, non-invasive procedures available at New Smile Magic to restore healthy gums. Please call us today to schedule an appointment.
Joseph S. LoParo II, DMD
Appointments: (704) 376-5950
Joseph LoParo D.M.D.
Joseph S. LoParo II, DMD
400 South Tryon St Ste M4
Charlotte, NC 28202
At Joseph S. LoParo II, DMD, we offer quality, personalized care. Serving the Charlotte Dentistry Uptown, NC area, we're happy to discuss the variety of treatment options available to you. If you're interested in sedation or sleep dentistry options, please schedule an appointment with Joseph LoParo, D.M.D., and we can provide you with all the information you need.
Joseph LoParo, D.M.D., in the Charlotte Dentistry Uptown area accepts Cigna Dental® insurance. Our friendly team will be happy to file your insurance paperwork for you.
We know affordable dental treatment is important to you. At Joseph S. LoParo II, DMD, your long term oral health is our top concern.
Have you ever considered natural-looking, permanent dental implants instead of uncomfortable dentures? Incredible recent advances in technology allow Charlotte Dentistry Uptown area dental implants dentist Dr. Joseph LoParo to create tooth implants just for you that can be permanently anchored to your jaw. This is a great option to consider if you've had negative experiences with dentures in the past.
If you're looking for dentures that look great and last, look no further than Joseph S. LoParo II, DMD located in the Charlotte Dentistry Uptown, NC area. Joseph LoParo, D.M.D. will assess your needs and fit you with durable, comfortable, natural-looking dentures - at a price you can afford.
If you need gum disease treatment, Charlotte Dentistry Uptown area gum disease dentist, Dr. LoParo offers extensive experience. Unhealthy gums can be a risk factor for more serious health problems if not treated promptly.
Our professional team will assess your situation and create a personalized treatment plan. We're committed to your life-long healthy gums and teeth.
More TMJ Dentists in the Charlotte, NC Area Near You
E HUNTER PIERCE DMD PA
1902 GLEN MEADE RD
WILMINGTON, NC, 28403
910762991
HERBERT MCNEAL D.D.S.
5509 B W FRIENDLY AVE STE 300
GREENSBORO, NC, 27410
(336) 510-8800
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KATHY N BARNES D.D.S. PA
16370 US HWY 17 NORTH
HAMPSTEAD, NC, 28443
(910) 270-3602
DAUNE C HUMPHREY D.D.S.
1916 S GLENBURNIE RD STE 6
NEW BERN, NC, 28562
(252) 637-8111
New Responses to TMJ Disorder and Jaw Pain
Some 10 million people suffer from some form of TMJ Disorder: from jaw clicking or jaw popping whenever they yawn to intense migraine-like pain in the area around their ears. The temporomandibular joint is the hinge between your jaw and skull. The bone and muscles permit your jaw to move—not just up and down, but left and right, in and out. This kind of complexity is what makes TMJ Syndrome so common, and often so difficult to diagnose.
Helping You Solve the Problem
Modern dentistry has a whole array of TMJ Disorder responses—so your first response should be to make an appointment.
For some people, the answer may be a custom-fitted mouth guard to keep them from teeth grinding in their sleep. There’s even a battery-powered miniature sensing device, worn at night, to alert you when grinding occurs. Another plug-in device helps eliminate spasms and jaw pain by applying moist heat to the source of the pain for several minutes at a time.
If the problem stems from tooth alignment, orthodontic treatment can relieve the stress. Physical therapy, anti-inflammatory drugs, muscle relaxants and stress management are all possibilities. The key, as always, is identifying the problem and then finding the response that works best for you.
Possible causes of TMJ Disorder
- Nightly teeth grinding (bruxism)
- Poor head/shoulder posture, causing tension in neck and jaw muscles
- Arthritis in the joint
- Damaged jawbone/joint structure
- Nerves being pinched by ball of jaw
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Grinding Teeth: Do You Have A Problem With Your Bite?
Problems with the way your teeth fit together occur in many different ways. Some bite problems cause discomfort or even pain, and that pain can masquerade as problems that you would not readily associate with your teeth. Some bite problems can cause major damage to your teeth without producing any obvious discomfort.
There are some pretty simple ways that anyone can detect when a problem with the bite is causing or at least contributing to pain or discomfort.
The clench test: With your mouth empty so there is nothing between your teeth to bite on, close your teeth together and squeeze hard. If clenching your teeth together causes any sign of discomfort in any tooth, you have a disharmony in your bite.
Teeth that are sensitive to cold often get that way from the extra pounding they take if any part of that tooth strikes before the rest of the teeth contact during closure. Use the clench test to see if the extra sensitivity is related to an uneven bite. Squeeze hard. If you can make any tooth hurt by empty mouth clenching, the bite is probably the main reason for the sensitivity. This is a good way to find out if a new filling or crown is "high." If it hurts when you clench, it is probably not in perfect harmony with a correct bite. You should be able to bite hard and grind your teeth together in all directions without feeling discomfort in any tooth if your bite is perfect. The exception to this is if you have advanced periodontal disease, you may have several teeth that can't accept firm biting, but even then, you should not normally feel pain in a single tooth when biting.
If biting hard causes pain or discomfort in the jaw joint, (you may feel it just in front of your ear), you can suspect a possible relationship between your bite and a temporomandibular joint problem. It may be associated with a structural disorder in your TMJ, but more often the pain is coming from certain muscles that move your jaw joints to accommodate a bite that is not in harmony with your TMJs. Your TMJ dentist should be able to diagnose the exact source of the pain.
Look for severe wear on your teeth, as this is another sign that your bite is not in harmony. If you have worn all the enamel off the biting edges of your teeth, you will see a darker colored surface. This is dentin and it will wear down seven times faster than the much harder enamel that you've already worn through. So ask your dentist to evaluate what is causing so much wear. This wear can be especially damaging when it is on your front teeth, so if you notice your lower front teeth have worn down to dentin, have your bite checked. Better yet, don't wait till all the enamel is gone. Correcting your bite may stop or at least slow down the wear process.
By Peter E. Dawson, DDS
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