Residents of Bergen County, NJ, are part of the Tri-State Area directly served by Dr. Mike Pilar, DDS, a specialist in treating TMJ/TMD disorders and the resultant pain and trauma affecting patients and prospective patients in New Jersey’s most populous county of some 950,000 people. This includes pioneering and state-of-the-art treatments for jaw-related pain, as well as for migraines, headaches and an assortment of other symptoms.
The source of most of the pain, trauma and other issues associated with temporomandibular disorders (TMD), is the temporomandibular joint. Dr. Pilar transitioned a successful dental practice into exclusive treatment protocols to target and treat the symptoms of what is familiarly known as TMJ.
Bergen County sits across the Hudson River from Manhattan with the George Washington Bridge as their direct connection, and Dr. Pilar’s practice includes Bergen County residents who suffer from pain and other life inhibiting symptoms wrought by TMJ. Whether you live just across the Hudson in Fort Lee or Tenafly, the heavily populated county seat of Hackensack, or Hoboken, Lyndhurst, New Milford and points beyond and between, Dr. Pilar brings the promise of relief from the oppressive pain of headaches and migraines, as well as an array of symptoms you might be surprised are TMJ-related. You’ll be amazed that relief is at hand without having to resort to surgery or painkillers.
Powerful Joint Triggers Multitude of Symptoms…
Dr. Pilar dedicated his practice to assisting people who face each day with the multitude of symptoms stemming from TMJ. He was determined to solve the mysteries of the mandible, or lower jaw, whose movement is powered by the temporomandibular joint. The movement and power of the lower jaw is provided by this joint, which exerts amazing pressure during the process of chewing. It is this pressure, as well as inherent dysfunctions, that are the source of so many different kinds of pain and other detrimental health issues.
The common TMJ disorders that Dr. Pilar treats with amazing success include the following:
- Tension headaches…
- Migraines…
- Sleep disruption from associated TMJ pain…
- Jaw clicking and popping and jaw locking on attempt to open…
- Clenching and grinding of upper and lower back and side teeth…
- Soreness, tightness and fatigue from the shoulders up through the neck and head…
These are conditions and symptoms one might expect to be associated with the powerful jawbone and its enabling joint. But there are other health impairments negatively affecting your quality of life you might not suspect are related to TMJ:
- Ringing in the ears or tinnitus…
- Dizziness, imbalance and lightheadedness…
- Ear congestion…
- Sinus pain and congestion…
- Blurred vision and other visual disturbances…
Three Proven Ways to Relief from TMJ!
Dr. Pilar’s program works because of there proven ways, either individually or in concert, to relieve the aforementioned symptoms for patients diagnosed with TMJ. These inventive and innovative treatments are determined via thorough intra-, oral- and extra-oral examinations, including a muscle spasm/trigger point evaluation:
- Microcurrent Point Stimulation (MPS)— Before any of his treatment protocols, Dr. Pilar begins with a full-body analysis in search of nerve impingements, acupuncture spots and other trigger-point locations. Trigger points are hypersensitive, manifesting as knots or nodules in the muscle that can relay pain to another part of the body. Primary trigger points, in other words, may create a satellite trigger point elsewhere. Left untreated the trigger point will settle deeper into the muscle, with satellite trigger points becoming primary trigger points, each transporting pain elsewhere. MPS finds and neutralizes these trigger points, eradicating them without pain, drugs or surgery. Using both direct current and alternating electric stimulation at very low frequencies to treat trigger points and relieve painful symptoms, this treatment combines the principles of acutherapy,. Dr. Pilar, a pioneer in the field, was the first MPS practitioner in the tri-state area, perfectng of his MPS delivery system over the span of more than a decade.
- Pilar-Type NTI— a special mouth guard called the Pilar-Type NTI is a custom-modeled muscle orthotic device or orthopedic appliance. that is Dr. Pilar’s mouth guards eliminate contact between the upper and lower side and back teeth, thus eradicating associated head and neck muscular contractions, especially during sleep. Each Pilar-Type NTI is made by hand in scrupulous detail onsite by Dr. Pilar for a perfect fit.
- Cold Laser Therapy—Cold laser therapy, producing pure infrared energy, is a rapid treatment that requires just two minutes or less. Extraordinary results may be achieved when used in combination with the Pilar-Type NTI orthotic and MPS. This is the most powerful, FDA-approved Class IV cold laser on the market used to treat the pain of headaches, migraines and TMD. Yet the procedure itself is painless. A beam of light is applied over the injured area, stimulating healing when absorbed by living tissue. It eases and frees tight muscles that create chronic pain, joint problems and curtail mobility, at the same time promoting faster bone repair.
—Get help for TMJ Trauma today! Residents of Bergen County, NJ, call TMJ Specialist Dr. Pilar for a treatment consultation: (917) 414-8355