Neuromuscular dentistry is the science of finding your relaxed jaw position, your true correct bite, and then using individualized treatments to make this bite permanent.  An unbalanced bite, where the upper and lower jaws meet, can result in many uncomfortable symptoms including grinding your teeth at night, clenching your teeth during the day, sore jaws, head and neck pain, pops or clicks in your jaw joints, or worn, broken and sensitive teeth.  Temporomandibular Joint Disorder, also referred to as TMD or TMJ, affects many people’s quality of life and often presents itself through symptoms such as these.  People suffering from chronic head, neck, and shoulder pain do not realize the source may actually be related to TMD and accept their pain as part of everyday life.  If you suffer from any of the above symptoms and rely on over the counter or prescription pain medications, you owe it to yourself to let the team at Grieshober Dental provide a complementary neuromuscular evaluation of your bite.  You will be surprised how these symptoms are often referred from a TM disorder.