TMJ & Sleep Apnea Center Non-surgical Treatment Options & Alternatives
Do you suffer from jaw pain? Is it painful or difficult to chew, especially harder foods? Do you have a tough time opening your mouth wide or holding your mouth open? Do your jaw joints crack or get stuck?
If you have been diagnosed with “sleep apnea”, chances are you have a CPAP machine. Oral appliances are an alternative form of treatment for sleep apnea. Find out how a custom-made sleep apnea device can help.
Providing advanced, non-surgical relief for jaw pain, chronic tension headaches, and sleep breathing disorders throughout North San Diego County since 2004.
While general family dentists focus heavily on teeth, fillings, and gums, true relief from complex craniofacial disorders requires dedicated medical training.
Less than 10% of practicing dentists in the United States possess the diagnostic training required to correctly manage complex TMJ and sleep breathing disorders. These medical disciplines are rarely covered deeply in standard dental school curriculums.
Our doctor Sonny Eslampour, DDS, has dedicated countless post-doctoral hours to mastering the interplay of airway dynamics, neuromuscular jaw positioning, and chronic head and neck pain to treat the core biological cause of your condition.
Persistent jaw cracking, severe facial nerve pain, and chronic locked jaws are signs of structural imbalance. As an established San Diego TMJ dentist, Dr. Eslampour focuses on physical, non-surgical stabilization of the joint rather than temporary drug therapy.
By utilizing precise clinical measurements and therapeutic protocols, we can address your exact trigger points, clear up structural issues, and restore your health.
Pain in the head and neck area that is not coming from the teeth (e.g. impacted wisdom teeth, an infected tooth, fractured teeth, etc.) can be due to problems with the jaw joint itself. This is one of many conditions collectively referred to as TMJ or TMD.
Jaw pain can also stem from the jaw muscles rather than the joint itself. Another type of jaw pain has its origin in the nerves rather than the supporting structures. To successfully treat jaw pain, our doctor treats the cause and not just the symptoms.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) breaks down critical sleep cycles, directly leading to extreme morning brain fog, heavy fatigue, and elevated cardiovascular risks. If you are struggling with a loud, uncomfortable CPAP machine, clinical oral appliances offer a quiet, travel-friendly solution.
Our FDA-cleared, custom-fabricated sleep devices keep your airway naturally open throughout the night, completely eliminating heavy snoring and improving systemic oxygen flow.
Headaches wreak havoc on the mind and the body. They can be due to the presence or absence of chemicals or substances. Any coffee drinker can vouch for the headache after 24 hours of no caffeine! Poor diet is another reason we get headaches. There are also headaches that are less well understood. Of these, migraines and cluster headaches are the hardest to treat. Tension headaches are the most common and thankfully most treatable. In treating headaches it is important to realize that for some there is no known cure and treatment is directed at managing the symptoms. Curiously though, a common finding in most headache sufferers is that they also experience jaw pain.
TMJ therapy and Sleep Apnea treatments fall under “medical” insurance mostly. Sometimes, your “dental” insurance may have benefits for mouthguards which can be applied towards TMJ therapy. We want to keep your treatment affordable. That’s why we offer financing with low monthly payments.
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