Definite Orthodontic treatment for patients with TMD

- Old and New Concepts on TMD.
- History of the Devices used to Diagnose TMD.
- The use of different types of Imagenology to Diagnose TMD.
- Different concepts and use of occlusal splints.
- The regeneration tissue therapy for the TMJ, “Prolotherapy”.
- Different kinds of TMD therapies among dental specialties.
- Fabrication of “The Orthodontic occlusal splint”
- Description and sequence of the Definitive Orthodontic Treatment for patients with TMD.

The recent way of life and social stress can activate latent Temporomandibular Joint problems which is a severe physiological disease that affects and deteriorates the quality of life of many patients and has been increasing among our patients due to the different stressful situations. During more than half a century there has been controversy among general dentists, prosthodontists, orthognathic surgeons and orthodontists on how to diagnose and treat TMD problems. This means that we have many different concepts in dentistry on how the TMD problems have to be diagnosed and approached. Some TMJ concepts and treatments are obsolete and only give a temporary solution to this very complex craniomandibular syndrome.

Some invasive surgical treatments are performed, but many of them give a temporary or provisional solution to this complicated Disease.

An evidence based “definite and non invasive therapy” with orthodontic treatment has been performed for the last 15 years. A definitive treatment to the patients that suffer this severe disease is provided in order to avoid the long term use of \"an occlusal splint” as a lifelong therapy device”.

The prolotherapy and infiltration of autogenous stem cells is used to regenerate the damage tissues of the TMJ and avoid the continue degeneration of it.