Woollahra Dental would like to share some information published by the AACP written by GAURAV KRISHNAMURTHY to provide information a device ( FDA Approved) for Temporomandibular Joint Disorders . TMJ Health (Farmington Hills, MI) has received FDA clearance for the TMJ NextGeneration Device to alleviate temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJD) pain. TMJD affects the jaw joint, surrounding muscles, and nerves, leading to chronic pain and poor quality of life. According to the NIH, more than 35 million Americans suffer from TMJD, which includes symptoms such as pain in the face, jaw or neck, jaw muscle stiffness, and sharp pain around the ears. TMJD has conventionally been treated with bite splints to reduce the amount of grinding of the teeth that causes the sharp pain. These splints cannot be worn while eating, are known to affect speech, and cause long term damage to the joints. The TMJ NextGeneration device treats the TM joint pain in the ear canal, which happens to be near the temp