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Dr Jason Burns
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Having just returned from a two weeks course in Florida, its satisfying to see the practice so busy. In order to ease the wait for hygiene appointments, we have taken on an extra hygienist, Ms Kamilla Slabon to run a clinic on Friday. Kamilla is doubly qualified as a hygienist and a therapist from “The London” and already proving as popular as Fitsum and Elizabeth People are always asking me about good dental insurance. Tesco have an absolutely fantastic dental scheme at the moment. You pay £16.95 per person per month and after a small grace period, you can claim 100% back on £200 worth of exams and hygiene treatment and 80% back on the next £1800 of any treatment. In other words, you pay £16.95 per month and can then have £2000 of treatment for which you can claim back £1640. No catches. Underwritten by AXA PPP, it is a phenomenal deal which I dont imagine will be available for long. Please visit the Tesco web site on www.tescofinance.com/personal/finance/insurance/dentalins Since I last wrote, I have been training under Dr Peter Dawson. Peter has been a specialist in practice in St Petersberg Florida for 50 years and is the acknowledged world authority in TMJ (that’s the jaw joint) bite and its effects on toothwear and pain around the head and neck. The knowledge and techniques picked up on this course will be of huge value in treating my clients and increasing the longevity of their teeth as well as curing a lot of long standing head and neck pain. How teeth can cause headaches? Some muscles close the jaw, others open it, move it back or forwards and another group allow for sideways jaw movement. Neck, back and shoulder muscles also contribute as bracing muscles which allow our jaws to move smoothly and efficiently. If a patient's teeth don't fit and slide together in harmony, one or more of these muscle groups may begin to suffer from fatigue. This may be felt as headaches, eye pain, shoulder pain - or pain from any of the muscle groups described above. Stress levels are known to make matters worse. Patient's under pressure at work, at home or in their personal lives are more likely to suffer from these problems, as are those who have recently changed job, had a death in the family, moved house, divorced or been put into a job that they cannot cope with. We also know that each individual can cope with some bite errors without getting symptoms at all. These patients are living within their own limitations without problems. Adding a certain amount of stress to those patients lives, damaging any of the supporting muscles as in a car accident or adding new errors such as a dental crown which does not fit properly, can push these patients from having no problems at all to having lots of problems. Sometimes it is a partner who knows that something is wrong. Many spouses can hear their partner grinding their teeth all night long. The patient only knows that they do not wake up refreshed. What is going on here is that even when we are asleep our brain is trying to position our jaw into a comfortable position. The problem here is that this comfortable position cannot be maintained - so the jaws grind against each other in a never ending search for a good night's sleep for their owner. Every patient is different. Here are some common areas of pain that can be caused by an imperfect bite . . . What can be done to cure these problems? |
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Half term coincided with my Florida trip, so it seemed a good opportunity for the family to join me. Emma and the kids stayed by the hotel pool whist I was working, but we had two spare days at the end of the trip to visit Disney as a family. For anyone that hasn’t been to Disney Florida, it is huge (on a 14 square mile site). The kids had a ball, but after two days of Mickey and his friends, the thought of a nice quiet sit down never seemed like a better idea!
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