There are three types of headaches: True Medical, Chiropractic, and Dental. Most migranes are dental in nature. Many people seek help from physicians from headaches when a simple bite-adjustment (equilibration) will eliminate the common migrane headache.

Your jaw is on two hinges which allows it to open and close. If you were to look at a door with two hinges but put ten latches on the door, if you were to close the door, and all ten latches went click at the same time, then the latches and the hinges are aligned. This relates to your jaw by when you use your two hinges to close, your back teeth have mountain tops and valleys which fit together. We call these cusp tips and fossa. If your mountains and valleys are not properly aligned, you close on a slope. When you close on a slope this causes your jaw to slightly shift. Your body's response is to unknowingly grind and clench your teeth. This sets off a cascade of physical symptoms usually initiating with the common tension headache in the temple area and in the top of the head. This can cause severe migranes with flashes in your vision and pain to the other areas of the head and neck.

At our office we have experienced an approximate 80% resolve of your common migrane headache by simple bite-adjustment.

Our philosophy is to treat out of a splint/nightguard, not into one. If your TMJ problems involve joint degredation or mal-positioning due to mal-occlusion then splint/nightguard therapy may be necessary.

Many people have clicking or popping in their joints. This clicking or popping is the disk popping in or out of position.

If you have ever had your jaw locked open or locked closed this is most likely due to the disk being out of position. A simple mandibular repositioning can put your jaw back in place. If your jaw is locked open your symptoms are as follows: when you close your teeth it feels like on one side they don't quite touch as they used to, and often is painful upon hard chewing. In contrary if your jaw is locked closed when you open wide you will feel one side get extremely tight, and you will not be able to open all the way. If these are your symptoms, the first home remedy is to relax the muscles with heat or muscle relaxants and hope it goes back in. If it doesn't go back in you should see myself or another dentist as soon as possible.