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The Hidden Link Between Teeth Grinding and TMJ Pain: What You Should Know

Posted By Dr. Gyu Hwang | Published: October 2, 2025

Teeth Grinding Treatment in Annandale VA Area

Do you wake up with a sore jaw or unexplained headaches? You might be grinding your teeth at night—often without realizing it. Known as bruxism, this condition can wear down your teeth and create stress on your jaw over time. At Evergreen Dental Wellness, Dr. Gyu Hwang takes a comprehensive, holistic approach to dental health that includes identifying and treating the causes of bruxism and its relationship to TMJ disorder. Understanding how these issues are connected can help you find relief and prevent long-term damage. Here are five common questions about the connection between bruxism and TMJ and how effective … Continue reading

The Connection Between Chronic Headaches and Your TMJ and How Treatment From Your Local Dentist Can Provide Relief

Posted By Dr. Gyu Hwang | Published: April 17, 2024

TMJ Headache Treatment in Annandale VA Area

When your temporomandibular joint (TMJ) becomes strained or inflamed, it can lead to a number of uncomfortable conditions. Chronic headaches are one of the most common symptoms of a temporomandibular joint problem. You may get a headache for many reasons, and a tension headache is one possibility. Headaches caused by TMJ issues will be a tension type of headache. The team at Evergreen Dental Wellness in Annandale, Virginia, can help with your TMJ disorder and prevent these types of headaches from occurring. Why TMJ Problems Cause Tension Headaches A tension headache caused by a TMJ problem is often characterized as … Continue reading

Holistic TMJ Pain Treatment for a Healthy, Painless Smile

Posted By Dr. Gyu Hwang | Published: May 18, 2022

TMJ Syndrome Treatment in Annandale VA Area

When you have TMJ pain, enjoying life can be difficult. From morning headaches and jaw pain to clicking sounds when opening your jaw, TMJ disorder can wreak havoc on your health. Nobody deserves to live in pain. So, if you are living under the bondage of TMJ disorder, please book an appointment with Evergreen Dental Wellness in Annandale, Virginia, and you will be a step closer to a painless life. TMJ Disorder Explained To explain the cause of your morning headaches and facial pain, you need to understand the anatomy of your jaw. The Temporomandibular Joint (abbreviated as TMJ) is … Continue reading

A Dentist You Can Trust Offers Treatment for TMJ Headaches

Posted By Dr. Gyu Hwang | Published: December 1, 2021

A throbbing headache can affect your quality of life. It hampers your ability to think properly, deprives you of your sleep, and impedes you from performing basic duties that you used to carry out with ease. And speaking of head pain, TMJ headaches are a fairly common condition, affecting millions of people. Fortunately, if TMJ pain is wreaking havoc on your health, you can seek treatment for it from Gyu Hwang, DDS, serving Annandale, Virginia. What is TMJ pain? The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a hinge-like joint that connects your skull to the lower jaw. You may not think about … Continue reading

TMJ Headache -How it Might Be Affecting You, And How to Find Relief

Posted By Dr. Gyu Hwang | Published: October 21, 2021

TMJ Headache Relief in Annandale VA Area

Are you experiencing unexplained pain in the face and jaw? It could be related to the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). The TMJ is the hinge-like joint that connects the upper and lower jaw. When this joint isn’t working optimally, you are likely to experience TMJ pain. While TMJ disorder (TMD) might have relegated you to pain-relieving medications, you don’t have to continue living this way. At Evergreen Dental Wellness, we provide TMJ headache relief. But first, let’s explore how TMD might be affecting you. TMD symptoms If you are experiencing the below symptoms, TMJ disorder could be the culprit. Headaches Toothaches … Continue reading

Find relief for TMJ pain in Annandale, VA

Posted By Dr. Gyu Hwang | Published: January 30, 2020

Jawbones do plenty of work every day – work that goes mostly unnoticed. You don’t often think about your jawbones when eating, talking, laughing, kissing, or even during one of those feel great, late evening big yawns before bedtime. But when these everyday activities come with jaw pain and discomfort it gets your attention. You feel the pain at many different times throughout a typical day and in many different situations. The medical term for the jaw pain you’re experiencing is temporomandibular disorder (TMD). In simpler terms the normal range of movement in your jawbones, up and down and side … Continue reading

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The Hidden Link Between Teeth Grinding and TMJ Pain: What You Should Know

The Connection Between Chronic Headaches and Your TMJ and How Treatment From Your Local Dentist Can Provide Relief

Holistic TMJ Pain Treatment for a Healthy, Painless Smile

A Dentist You Can Trust Offers Treatment for TMJ Headaches

TMJ Headache -How it Might Be Affecting You, And How to Find Relief

Find relief for TMJ pain in Annandale, VA

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