4 Insights from TMJ Imaging
Dentists who want to increase predictability in restorative treatment planning can incorporate a TMJ anatomy assessment using MRI.
Jim Mckee | 1 week ago ›
Red Flag-Maxillary First Premolar Extraction for Orthodontics
Discover why it's important to look for undiagnosed joint issues when dental patients present with maxillary first premolars extracted for orthodontic...
Jim Mckee | 1 month ago ›
Evidence-Based Dentistry: How Good is the Evidence?
Many of the concepts taught in occlusion and TMD are unsupported in the literature and are in direct conflict with literature in peer-reviewed journals,...
Jim Mckee | 1 month ago ›
4 Insights from CBCT Imaging
Dentists who want to increase predictability in restorative treatment planning can incorporate a TMJ anatomy assessment using CBCT imaging.
Jim Mckee | 2 months ago ›
A Business Model for TMD and Airway Dentistry
While 3D imaging is vital to understand many dental problems, dentists are often challenged when it comes to developing a practice model that allows for...
Jim Mckee | 3 months ago ›
Should I Image Before Making an Occlusal Appliance?
Discover when to image a patient's TMJ before fabricating an occlusal appliance.
Jim Mckee | 7 months ago ›
6 Tips to Address Patient Expectations of Insurance Reimbursement
Having an open discussion with patients about the realities of dental insurance is necessary to set reimbursement expectations.
Jim Mckee | 8 months ago ›
4 Elements of Effective Weekly Team Meetings
Align your dental practice team following these weekly meeting format tips.
Jim Mckee | 9 months ago ›
What Makes Muscles Hurt?
When patients present with muscle pain, there may be reasons other than occlusal interferences that do not resolve with traditional therapy.
Jim Mckee | 1 year ago ›
Is TMD Too Minimally Diagnosed?
With a better understanding of temporomandibular disorders, clinicians can serve more patients and refer less patients out of their practice.
Jim Mckee | 1 year ago ›
Is It Time to Rethink TMJ Surgery?
While TMJ problems were assumed to affect adults, recent literature shows that the TMJ is injured earlier in life than previously suspected, and earlier...
Jim Mckee | 1 year ago ›
Redefining Occlusion
Defining occlusion based only on tooth position has its shortcomings. To offer patients appropriate treatment, occlusion evaluation should consist of...
Jim Mckee | 1 year ago ›