Dec
31
Oral Surgery for TMJ
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Temporomandibular joint disorder, better known as “TMD,” “TMJD,” or in layman’s terms as “TMJ” is an uncomfortable and atypical condition of the joint on each side of your mandible, where the lower jaw meets the skull just in front of your ears. The TMJ is different than most joints, because it can move in multiple different directions. Think about the last time you ate a piece of corn on the cob or steak. Your jaw had to move forward, backward, side-to-side, up and down, and likely in circular motions. You depend on your TMJ to be healthy and function without…