Hello! I’m Ronald Massie, DDS, of Premier Dental & Oral Health Group in Lake Ozark. Thanks for visiting my dental blog. The topic of today’s post is malocclusion–literally–”bad bite.” Malocclusion Affects Many People Edward Angle, a pioneer in modern orthodontics invented the term malocclusion. Malocclusion is fairly common in the population as a whole but,…
Jaw pain
Don’t Let Stress Hurt Your Smile
Hello, I’m Dr. Ronald Massie. At my Lake Ozark practice I have noticed more and more of my patients with stress-related dental issues. Lake Ozark men and women may not think about it, but stress can do a number on your oral health. Mouth sores, clenching and grinding, periodontal disease, and poor oral hygiene can…
Suffering From Jaw Pain?
At Premier Dental & Oral Health Group in Lake Ozark we treat several causes of pain in the oral area. In this blog post we will discuss jaw pain. The jaw is a sliding hinge joint, and its full name is the temporomandibular joint, or TMJ for short. TMJ disorder (TMJ/TMD) is more common than…