557 Changing the Paradigm for Treating TMD

So I did another 24 cases just like that.

And the patients came in and at one point or another said, thanks, you know, my pain's gone.

My neck pain's gone.

I can chew now, whatever their response was.

And after about 24 cases, I realized I had no idea what the cause was i'm no idea what i was

like it works

true but it worked right so i went back to the books i mean again you know i went back to the books i have this broad background knowledge md dds cell biology anatomy two years with nih and i went back to the and especially anatomy and And this is what I discovered.

It's all in the literature already.

It has been in the literature for 70 years.

And it is the following.

And I'm going to, because we have limited time here, I want to just spell it out and then, you know, fact check it if you'd like.

You can do that easily.

The orthopedic surgeons, if they had kept control of this joint, these joints, the temporomandibular joints, this problem would have been solved 70 years ago.

That is my belief.

That is my statement.

Because the orthopedic surgeons knew all about what I'm about ready to tell you.

And the dental profession didn't listen or hear or want to hear.

I'm not sure which.

We had selective hearing.

So the data has been known by the medical profession, orthopedics particularly, for a long time, decades, decades and decades.

And here's what they know.

Inflammation in a joint.

See, all the dentists are taught in dental school.

And maybe, Jessica, this is maybe what you teach your hygienist when you teach them.

I don't know.