Neuromuscular dentistry goes beyond the traditional mechanical philosophy of dentistry and takes into consideration additional factors to achieve the best possible relationship of the teeth, muscles, and jaw joints.  It builds upon traditional dentistry to enhance the evaluation or diagnosis of your occlusion (bite).  The principles involved apply to virtually every major procedure.

Occlusion is the way that your teeth fit together.  Having a correct bite-in physiologically balanced harmony-is essential to producing the best possible long-term results in virtually every major type of dental work-aesthetics, orthodontics, reconstruction and even dentures.  Improper occlusion is also frequently a significant contributer to headache and other types of pain or dysfunction.

In traditional dentistry, the focus has always been on the teeth themselves.  In neuromuscular dentistry we pay a lot of attention to the muscles controlling the jaw and the jaw joints in addition to the teeth.

If everything else is reasonably normal, we don't have to worry much about neuromuscular status to do a filling or single crown.  However, if you suffer any sort of pain or dysfunction in the head and neck area, it would trigger us to consider NMD factors.

When you have major dental work to do, providing you with the best possible function, in addition to aesthetics, is our objective in every case.