Can extracted teeth or dental treatments play a role?

Yes. Extracted teeth, lengthy dental treatments, inflammation or changes to teeth and jaw can be part of the overall picture. If there is a corresponding suspicion, a dental examination is necessary.

Condition

Jaw Pain and TMD

Individual TMD treatment in Potsdam

Creating the conditions for chewing, speaking, yawning and relaxing to feel natural again – and for jaw, head and neck to work together better.

Problems in the jaw area can make themselves felt when chewing, yawning or opening the mouth. Perhaps the joint clicks or grates, the mouth cannot open freely, or the muscles feel tight and exhausted in the morning. Jaw problems can also feel like ear pain or pressure in the ear and occur together with head, neck or shoulder problems.

The jaw does not work in isolation. Teeth and bite, jaw joints, chewing muscles, cervical spine, head posture, fascia, stress and the nervous system all influence one another. Extracted teeth, a bite changed as a result, previous dental treatments, clenching, grinding or inflammation can also be part of the overall picture. From the examination, your history and existing dental findings, a personal map of your situation emerges.

The goal is not merely to reduce the current tension. You should be able to chew in a relaxed way again, open your mouth freely, turn your head more easily and sleep more calmly. At the same time, you learn to notice stress and tension earlier and to adapt your self-help independently.

Freedom from pain

Less pain in the jaw, face or ear area, and possibly fewer accompanying headaches as well.

Freedom of movement

Opening the mouth more freely again, turning the head more easily and experiencing more mobility in the neck and shoulders.

Strength

Chewing firm foods evenly again, without one side tiring early or having to be avoided.

Suppleness

Moving jaw, tongue, head and neck together more easily and in a more coordinated way again.

Balance

Using both sides of the jaw more evenly and switching more easily between tension and relaxation.

Quality of life and performance

Sleeping more calmly, working with better focus, eating, speaking and doing sport, while the jaw demands less of your attention again.

Is this right for me?

Who is the treatment suitable for?

The treatment is particularly aimed at people

who want to regain more freedom when chewing, yawning or opening the mouth,
whose jaw clicks, locks or tires quickly,
who wake up in the morning with a tight jaw or tense chewing muscles,
who want to use their jaw naturally again,
who also experience neck, shoulder, head or ear symptoms,
who want to place existing dental or orthodontic findings into an overall physical picture,
for whom stress, clenching or grinding could play a role.

Typical situations

When does your jaw make itself felt?

Perhaps you recognise yourself in one or more of these situations:

when chewing firm foods
when yawning
when opening the mouth wide
in the morning after getting up
after focused work or during stressful periods
when clenching or grinding your teeth
with clicking, grating or a feeling of catching
together with head, shoulder or neck tension
as pressure or apparent pain at the ear
after tooth extractions, a changed bite or dental procedures
together with migraine, tinnitus or dizziness

Understanding your situation

We look at when the jaw makes itself felt, which dental findings are available and whether the neck, head, ear or other areas react at the same time. Stress, sleep and changes to the bite are also taken into account.

Creating a personal map

The whole body is examined, with a particular focus on jaw movement, chewing muscles, cervical spine, upper cervical joints, shoulder girdle and fascia. Existing splints, dental status and previous dental measures are included in the overall picture.

Initiating targeted changes

Depending on the findings, manual and fascial treatment of the jaw, chewing muscles, cervical spine and upper cervical joints can be combined with targeted movement and relaxation exercises. Dental causes remain the responsibility of the dentist.

Becoming more independent

You receive exercises that are first selected and taught to suit you. You then learn to adjust intensity and frequency independently to stress, work, sleep and your current responses.

TMD stands for temporomandibular dysfunction and describes disturbances in the interplay of the jaw joints, chewing muscles and adjacent structures.

The term does not denote a single fixed problem. It therefore has to be examined which factors are actually relevant in each individual case.

Yes. Jaw, head, neck and shoulder girdle work closely together. Restricted jaw movement, clenching, grinding or a changed bite can affect tension and movement in the adjacent areas.

However, the connection should be examined precisely and not assumed as a given.

Yes, in some people these issues occur together or influence one another. The jaw, upper cervical spine, upper cervical joints and dental status can represent similar influencing factors here.

This does not replace neurological, ENT or dental diagnostics. It does show, however, why looking at them together can make sense.

It makes sense above all when the bite has been changed by braces or a tooth extraction. In any case, it should be evaluated beforehand to avoid unnecessary effort.

Yes. Extracted teeth can change the bite. Lengthy dental treatments, inflammation or changes to teeth and jaw can also be part of the overall picture in some people.

If there is a corresponding suspicion, a dental examination is necessary. Therapeutically, it is checked whether a comprehensible influence on the jaw, neck or head can be shown.

That depends on whether mobility, coordination, relaxation or the cooperation with the cervical spine and tongue primarily needs to be improved.

The exercises are first selected and taught individually. Later, you learn to adapt them independently according to tension, stress and daily form.

After roughly four treatments, a noticeable change should appear – for example in mouth opening, chewing, the morning feeling of tension, head rotation or accompanying neck symptoms. It is then reassessed which factors should be treated further or additionally investigated.