TMJ:
Its Role In Brain Therapy

"The clinical connection between TMJ (temporomandibular) treatment, dentistry, bodywork, and brain function is, to my knowledge, presented for the first time in the Brain Therapy seminar.

"Since I practiced for twenty-two years as a temporomandibular joint (TMJ) periodontist, I can uniquely integrate these aspects."

Here's more information from his Brain Therapy for Children and Adults workbook:

Just about every patient you will treat will also be seeing a dentist who unknowingly may be doing procedures that can positively or negatively affect your work.

Dentistry can be viewed as a very specific form of bodywork for teeth.

The ideal situation for a patient is to have an open craniosacral mechanism and fully released fascia. The dentist, then, does corrective oral treatment, which may include TMJ treatment, that remains in harmony with natural physiology.

This hardly ever happens in society now.

The key is for the health professional to evaluate and monitor how the dentist's work affects the motion of the brain.

A number of dental situations can affect your work including: local dental anesthesia, jaw opening, tooth extraction, wisdom teeth extraction, TMJ surgery, grinding the bite for TMJ patients, TMJ appliance construction, orthodontics, and many others mentioned in Dr. Gillespie's text.

Ideally, orthodontic work should follow complete craniosacral fascial treatment. Orthodontic procedures should ideally be done within the framework of creating and reinforcing the best physiologic motion and function of the child's brain.

Dentists strive to provide the best possible care, but are not generally aware of the Brain Therapy world. The goal is to gradually educate the dental profession to practice brain friendly dentistry and TMJ treatment.

For more information about the integration of TMJ-Dental therapy with fascial and craniosacral therapy...

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