Craniomandibular dysfunction (CMD)

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When the jaw grinds and gets out of balance.

Our TMJ therapy in Berlin Mitte alleviates symptoms and brings your chewing system back into balance.

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Here you will find the most important answers to your questions about TMJ treatment.

Craniomandibular dysfunction (CMD) describes a functional disorder of the masticatory system. Common symptoms include jaw pain, headaches, neck and back pain and teeth grinding (bruxism).

CMD therapy includes individual diagnostics, functional analysis and often a specially adapted splint therapy to correct misalignments in the temporomandibular joint and alleviate symptoms in the long term.

Targeted treatment of the temporomandibular joint with occlusal splints protects teeth, relaxes the masticatory muscles and significantly reduces jaw pain as well as secondary complaints such as headaches.

At the practice of Prof. Dr. Olze & Kollegen, you benefit from many years of experience, holistic diagnostics and individually tailored CMD therapy with close interdisciplinary networking for the best possible treatment of your complaints.

CMD - therapy for your temporomandibular joints

Problems with teeth grinding? Do your chewing muscles often hurt? Do you suffer from migraines, pain in your jaw joint or neck? Do you regularly suffer from unexplained dizziness or do your shoulders, arms and back cause you painful problems? All of these symptoms can be caused by malfunctioning teeth, jaw joint or chewing muscles. Get lasting help from the experienced expert for TMJ treatment Prof. Dr. Olze at the dental practice Berlin MITTE.

Successful temporomandibular joint treatment or effective therapies for craniomandibular dysfunction, or CMD for short, always require careful, comprehensive diagnostics in addition to a great deal of experience and expertise. This should take the form of a thorough functional analysis of the entire masticatory system, including teeth, jaws, temporomandibular joints and muscles. We offer you a focus on CMD diagnostics directly in our dental practice Prof. Dr. Olze Berlin MITTE. However, as some causes and symptoms such as ringing in the ears also extend into the specialist areas of other medical disciplines, we always work closely with other specialists such as orthopaedists, physiotherapists or ENT specialists for your CMD therapy. To this end, we have established an extensive, competent network of doctors in Berlin.

Do you suffer from back pain, headaches, migraines or sleep disorders? Have other doctors searched in vain for causes? Such symptoms are often caused by the jaw, its anatomical structures or the teeth and an incorrect bite position. They can be triggered by frequent night-time teeth grinding as a subliminal way of coping with stress. Joint wear or poorly fitted dentures also often mark the beginning of such a path of suffering. At the end of this is CMD syndrome, a widespread temporomandibular joint disorder that usually has a painful impact on overall health and quality of life. At the Berlin MITTE dental practice, CMD diagnostics have been part of our treatment spectrum for many years. In addition to the gentle, pain-free examination of your jaw or x-rays, manual and instrumental functional analysis is an important part of the diagnosis of CMD or suspected CMD.

Craniomandibular dysfunction CMD encompasses a whole range of possible functional disorders that differ from patient to patient and are not always immediately visible or noticeable. In CMD diagnostics, a functional analysis reliably leads to your individual clinical picture, showing, for example, an incorrect bite, misalignments of the temporomandibular joints or impairments of the masticatory muscles. The findings of manual functional analysis, supplemented by computer-aided diagnostics and instrumental functional analysis, become the basis for effective CMD therapy, but they also serve to prevent problems with the temporomandibular joints as part of prophylaxis or provide assistance in the provision of high-quality, aesthetic dentures. Our functional analysis at the Berlin MITTE dental practice is also very suitable in many cases for supplementary diagnostics in the case of tinnitus or orthopaedic problems.

Special temporomandibular joint treatment - tailored to you

The treatment of craniomandibular dysfunction CMD is always a highly individualized treatment, specially tailored to you. Every successful TMJ treatment at our dental practice in Berlin Mitte begins with a thorough diagnosis and functional analysis. This is followed by the development of a customized therapy to provide you with long-term relief from your temporomandibular joint disorder or to treat functional disorders such as night-time teeth grinding, or bruxism.

The fitting of custom-made occlusal splints is a central aspect of any TMJ treatment. Are you one of those people who grind their teeth at night under stress? If so, these splints are designed to protect your teeth. They prevent damage and subsequent extensive dental restorations. At the same time, we treat the causes of bruxism with you and sometimes together with external specialists. Such complementary measures can include relaxation techniques or alternative healing methods for relaxation during sleep. The use of dental splints can often also make noises in the ears such as tinnitus disappear or noticeably alleviate them if they are caused by a misaligned jaw. In the case of pronounced misalignments or functional disorders of the jaw, craniomandibular dysfunction, treatment also begins with the use of occlusal splints. This splint therapy quickly alleviates your symptoms such as pain in the head, back or neck, prevents the CMD syndrome from worsening and protects your teeth from damage.

Bite splints are usually only the first important treatment step in actual CMD therapy. In many cases, existing teeth or dentures still need to be repaired and, above all, harmonized to ensure that no new complaints arise in the future. Such adjustments include grinding in the chewing surfaces as well as correcting the fit of any existing dentures. CMD therapy initially does not require any major interventions. Our aim in this phase is to identify the causes of the dysfunctional harmony of your teeth and to treat only the parts whose natural function is impaired. The final part of CMD therapy in particular - the restoration of a harmonious bite - requires us to take a very cautious but usually more extensive approach, which unfortunately makes it impossible to make general statements about the duration of CMD therapy. In a personal consultation, after a thorough examination, diagnosis and functional analysis, we can of course give you a more precise time frame.

Transparency that maintains trust

We are happy to create transparency for you...

TMJ treatment or comprehensive CMD therapy are high-quality dental services that require many years of experience as well as specialization on the part of the practitioner and additional practice equipment. Many of our patients at the dental practice of Prof. Dr. Olze Berlin MITTE have suffered from the painful symptoms of CMD syndrome, sometimes for years, without the actual causes - malfunction of the temporomandibular joint or incorrect bite position - being associated with their complaints. Only CMD therapy with its comprehensive CMD diagnostics has enabled them to regain freedom from pain and quality of life. Despite the widespread prevalence of craniomandibular dysfunction and the very high chances of success of CMD therapy, this treatment is not covered by statutory health insurance. What does this mean for you as a patient? We create transparency and are happy to advise you on the costs of CMD therapy.

What does CMD therapy cost?
At least some services in the context of CMD therapy, such as a proportion of the costs for a bite splint, are covered by statutory health insurance. Additional measures such as physiotherapy are also usually covered by your health insurance after appropriate splint therapy. Overall, however, our range of dental services for CMD therapy is much wider. The treatment includes
  • assessment of findings with subsequent manual and instrumental functional analysis
  • Impression taking and model making
  • Temporomandibular joint measurement and/or
  • the fabrication of a bite splint
  • Regular control
Your personal treatment and cost plan

The specific measures required for your treatment will only be determined after an examination and initial findings. We will discuss this with you, explain all the necessary steps and provide you with a detailed treatment and cost plan. The cost plan describes the entire course of treatment and specifies the costs of individual measures, which may vary depending on the degree of difficulty. This treatment and cost plan is also used for submission to your statutory health insurance provider to clarify which costs the insurer may cover and how high your expected co-payment will be. The situation is similar with private health insurance or supplementary dental insurance: the costs of CMD therapy are usually covered to a greater extent or in full. You can obtain precise information on this from your insurance company.

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