Is Your Bite Causing More Problems Than You Realize?

You reach for another cup of coffee, hoping the warmth will ease the dull ache in your jaw, but it only seems to make your headache worse. What if the tension in your jaw, the wear on your teeth, or that nagging headache is not a separate issue at all, but a single problem hiding in plain sight? At Charlotte Dental Arts, we help patients understand what is really going on when their bite is out of alignment, and we build personalized plans that address the root cause instead of just the symptoms. A misaligned bite, also called malocclusion, happens when your upper and lower teeth do not meet the way they should, and when your jaw joints are strained too, TMJ treatment may be part of the solution. A bite problem can be something you are born with or something that develops over time due to... Read the full article: https://www.charlottedentalarts.com/blog/bite-misalignment-problems/