Why Do We Clench and Grind Our Teeth?

In this episode, Dr. Jennifer Hobson and Dr. Martha Cortes interview Dr. David Shirazi and discuss being healthy from a dental prospective, linking breathing disorders, TMD and the mind.

Topics discussed on this podcast:

• Why do we clench and grind our teeth?
• What are the different appliances used to help craniofacial pain patients?  What is the Advanced Light Wire Functional Appliance (ALF) and what are its uses?  
• How to evaluate treat Temporomandibular joint disorder and Airway/breathing disorders?
• Neurological testing, Motor reflex testing which tells you what structure is in sympathetic dystrophy and the origin.
• What is Dr. Sharizi’s tip on how to be the healthiest “you” possible?

SPEAKER’S BIOGRAPHY

In 2000, Dr. Dave Shirazi, rang in the new millennium by graduating from Howard University College of Dentistry, in Washington D.C. He went on to earn a Masters degree in Oriental Medicine from SAMRA University in 2006. In 2007 he received the prestigious Fellowship Award from the American Academy of Craniofacial Pain, an organization dedicated in the diagnosis and treatment of Craniofacial pain and Sleep Breathing Disorders.

Dr. Shiraz has completed over 2000 hours of continuing education in MD and facial pain, craniomandibular orthopedics, and sleep disordered breathing. He lectures on those very subjects himself throughout the United States.   Additionally, he fulfilled a hospital mini-residency in oriental medicine at the China Beijing International Acupuncture Training Center, the only institution authorized to teach globally on acupuncture and herbology by the World Health Organization.

Dr. David Shirazi
DDS, MS, MA, L.Ac., D.ABCP, D.ABC-DSM
TMJ & Sleep Therapy Centre of Los Angeles & Conejo Valley

Dr. Martha Cortés, DDS is a general, cosmetic, biological, neuromuscular and laser dentist who sub-specializes in the treatment of sleep breathing disorders, and temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMD). 
Her methods include non-surgical techniques to treat TMD, as well as, facial-airway-enhancement remodeling techniques designed to treat sleep apnea.
https://www.marthacortesdds.com/
https://www.cortesadvanceddentistry.com/

Dr. Jenny Hobson is a head and neck, TMJ physical therapist,  protégé of renowned expert, Dr. Mariano Rocabado.  She is known for her treatment of TMJ, sleep disordered breathing, chronic headaches, concussion, neck pain, tinnitus, and postural dysfunctions.    Dr. Hobson is trained in myofunctional therapy and is certified in the Buteyko Breathing Method.  She treats in-person in Chicago and trains breathing virtually to those in need in the US, Europe and South America through the Hobson Institute.  

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