Your headaches are more than an occasional nuisance. They really hurt and are impacting your daily life. You wonder what can help. Your headaches could be related to TMJ Disorder, a common problem of the jaw joint under the ear. Used to open and close the mouth, the temporomandibular joint sometimes malfunctions, causing many symptoms which health care providers once thought were imagined. Your dentists in Powell, Dr. Ryan Eskridge and Dr. Norman Straker, offer real solutions for TMJ Disorder, giving patients much needed relief.

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For the past few months, you’ve felt exhausted. Initially, you thought it was just stress from work and taking care of your aging parents, but your wife’s jokes about how much you’ve been snoring lately make you wonder if something else is causing your sleep troubles. When you talk with your doctor, she orders a sleep study and you finally have your answer: obstructive sleep apnea. Your doctor prescribes a CPAP machine, but the tubes make you feel restricted and self-conscious, and your sinuses are frequently congested. You know sleep apnea is too deadly to leave untreated, but CPAP is not for you. Are there any alternatives that work just as well as a machine? Wedgewood Dental, your dentist in Powell, provides effective relief for this sleep disorder with custom oral appliance therapy.

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