Treated at all four Suffolk County offices
Jaw pain is one of the conditions where hands-on treatment has genuinely strong guideline support. We work alongside your dentist at four Suffolk County offices, and we avoid anything that permanently changes your bite.
If you recognized yourself in more than one of those, that is enough to book. You do not need a diagnosis to come in, and you do not need a referral to start.
Most people do best on a combination. Your first visit sorts out which of these you actually need, and in what order.
Supervised jaw exercise and stretching, plus therapist-assisted mobilization, carry strong recommendations in the 2023 guideline on moderate certainty evidence. This is the core of the plan.
Manual trigger point therapy is strongly recommended in the same guideline. Note this is hands-on work, not injections.
A weaker conditional recommendation in the guideline, on low certainty evidence. We use it as an addition and say so plainly.
Soft tissue work through the jaw, temple, and neck muscles to make the exercise work more comfortable.
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We work out the cause
A full history and a hands-on exam. We look at how you move, not only where it hurts, so the plan targets the thing driving the pain.
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Treatment starts the same day
You are treated on the first visit in most cases. No waiting for a second appointment to begin.
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We reassess as you go
We check progress at set points and adjust. If something is not working we change it or tell you honestly that we are not the right fit.
We accept The Empire Plan/NYSHIP, BlueCross BlueShield, Aetna, Cigna, Medicare and UnitedHealthcare, and other plans that have out-of-network coverage. We check your benefits before your first visit and tell you what you will owe, so nothing lands on you at the front desk.
We handle the billing. In most cases you pay a co-insurance amount at the visit and we take it from there.
Not every plan covers every service, and coverage depends on medical necessity. A few plans place us outside their network. When that happens we still file the claim for you and give you the cost in writing before you book.
Plans we accept
A 2023 BMJ clinical practice guideline for chronic jaw pain gives strong recommendations for supervised jaw exercise and stretching, therapist-assisted mobilization, and manual trigger point therapy, based on moderate certainty evidence. Acupuncture received a weaker conditional recommendation with low certainty evidence. Across the treatments that guideline favoured, average pain reduction ranged from about 1.3 to 2.6 centimetres on a ten centimetre scale. We work alongside your dentist and avoid anything irreversible.
Source: Busse JW, et al. Management of chronic pain associated with temporomandibular disorders: a clinical practice guideline. BMJ, 2023. National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH. TMD, Temporomandibular Disorders.
A jaw that locks and will not release, an inability to close your mouth, or jaw pain with fever and facial swelling needs urgent care. Jaw or facial pain alongside chest pain, arm pain, breathlessness or sweating can be a cardiac event and needs emergency assessment. We do not fit splints, adjust your bite, or provide orthodontic treatment, and we would be cautious about anyone who offers to permanently change your bite for jaw pain.
With most plans you pay your co-insurance. We verify benefits before your first visit.
That is a dental decision, not ours. Worth knowing that the 2023 guideline conditionally recommends against reversible occlusal splints, and strongly against irreversible ones.
No, and be wary of anyone who says they can. National guidance warns against treatments that permanently change the jaw joints, teeth, or bite.
Yes, and we prefer to. Jaw pain sits across both scopes and the plan works better when both sides know what the other is doing.
Many people improve within a few weeks of consistent jaw exercise. We reassess early.
Four offices across Suffolk County. Call the one nearest you, or request an appointment and we will route it.
Tell us what is going on and we will get you in. Most plans accepted, and we check your coverage before you come.
Fill out our form below and let us know what times work best for you and what services you are interested in, and we will do our best to find a day and time that works for your schedule.
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