How The Health of Your Teeth Impacts The Rest of Your Body

I could have sworn I wrote about my TM joint but it doesn't seem to have been published. I could hardly wait to follow up with this article! Oh well, I will begin with it.

If you have back problems, headaches, etc, go see a dentist! Sound crazy? When I was in my late twenties, I had headaches and neck aches everyday. I was told to get a sport splint from a sports dentist. I did. What they do is make an imprint of your "correct" bite when your TM joint is aligned and make a splint with it. I wore it every day. As soon as I put it in my mouth, the pain disappeared! I wore it for 9 months and then it broke. I never get headaches to this day and I am a grandma! It righted my TM Joint!

Read the following few stories about what happened to others and how the DENTIST corrected it.
What Your Dentist Might Be Missing | Care2 Healthy & Green Living

By Tijn Touber, Ode Magazine

A man goes to the dentist with a terrible toothache. The doctor examines the tooth and says: “You need a bowel cleanse.” The man follows this advice and…the toothache disappears.

The man was lucky to be in the care of a holistic dentist, one of the fastest-growing health-care fields. This new crop of dentists looks at the mouth in the context of the entire body. That’s a groundbreaking perspective in this profession–of all the medical specialisations, dentistry is the most removed from the rest of health care. Many people, including some dentists, simply assume the health of your teeth has no impact on the rest of your body.

Recent research shows that the effects of non-holistic dentistry can be very serious. According to the British medical newsletter “What Doctors Don’t Tell You” (November 2004), gum problems nearly double the risk of a heart attack and a vitamin B6 deficiency and can lead to tooth decay. Research also shows that a holistic approach to your teeth can heal the most unlikely ills.

A misalignment of the upper and lower jaws, for instance, can lead to back pain, arthritis, headaches, pain in the legs, neck and shoulders. This happens when chronic muscle cramping occurs in the jaw, which is then counterbalanced by other parts of the body. The first research on this subject was published in 1987 in the Journal of the American Dental Association (issue 115). These results were confirmed recently by Austrian researchers in the trade journal Acta Medica Austriaca (issue 31, 2004), among others.

Take the example of a soccer player who visits his dentist for an annual check-up. He’s having trouble walking because of a hamstring injury. The dentist tells him his maxillary joint is off balance and rectifies the problem. The hamstring injury miraculously disappears. It turns out the soccer player was compensating the imbalanced joint by constantly sticking out his jaw. As a result, his spine curved, which in turn pushed his pelvis forward. This disrupted his running form, creating undue stress on his legs. Chronic problems with his hamstrings followed.

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