TMJ Associated Medical Disorders

Read About the Conditions Related to a poor Dental Orthopedic relationship

Abnormal TMJ

Multiple research studies have shown that TMJ/jaw dysfunction is associated with a large number of comorbidities. Alread Fonder, DDS, in his book The Dental Physician (1976) had about two pages of TMJ-associated medical disorders that he found to routinely disappear once the bite was corrected. Many studies have demonstrated that TMJ is associated with very high medical utilization rates (i.e. TMJ occurs in conjunction with a very large number of medical conditions occurring at a very high rate). Yet, TMJ is seldom suspected by the physician or examined for when a patient develops multiple medical conditions.  We now know that it is by way of elevated "substance P" from a compromised jaw relationship that causes many of the associated illnesses.

The Following Conditions

are ones that I personally have developed a TMJ linkage through my clinical research. Clinical experience as well as multiple studies have shown that these diseases often respond positively to jaw alignment therapy. Medical literature indicates that it is by way of jaw dysfunction causing elevating substance P  that many of these conditions are induced.

The following disorders are some of the more common clinically encountered TMJ-associated medical disorders, but many less common ones exist.

  • Asthma
  • Autism
  • Autoimmune disorders
  • Back pain
  • Depression
  • Earache
  • Fatigue
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Gynecological disorders
  • Headaches
  • Hip and shoulder pain
  • Hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, ADD
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Leukemia and lymphoma
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Gynecological disorders
  • Headaches
  • Hip and shoulder pain
  • Hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, ADD
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Leukemia and lymphoma
  • Migraine headache
  • Multiple chemical sensitivity
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Neck pain
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Parkinson’s, Tourette’s, dystonia, torticollis
  • Periodontal disease
  • Scoliosis
  • Seizures
  • Sinus infections
  • Sleep disorders
  • Tinnitus
  • Trigeminal neuralgia
  • Tooth erosion