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"Peace begins with a smile."
- Mother Teresa

"What a pleasant experience! I've been in pain for four months. My own caring dentist sent me here, knowing the knowledge and experience Dr. Trovato has. The pain of "being in pain" is gone, replaced with hope. Dr. Trovato and staff are all so kind! From the moment I opened the door and smelled what I thought was something baking (cookies!) to seeing the comfortable waiting room massage chairs and foot massager, I knew it was a caring office.

I was then greeted by name by each person on staff - WOW - I felt so special. I am leaving with hope and a fresh baked peanut butter cookie; what a great dental office.

May God bless this practice and all who work here."

Carolina Dunleavy, Jamison PA


"I have been trying to write and thank you since we saw you last week. Barb, thank you for all the efforts you made in coordinating the appointment with our airline travel, and, Lou, thank you for allowing us to visit you on a Friday as well as all the time you spent with us for the CMD consult.

The consultation we had with you was fantastic, and I am so grateful to have found out about you. It has made all the difference having the accu-liner assessments and your ideas. You have a wonderful practice and staff. Thank you so much for all your time and help.

It has made such a difference to me knowing how to proceed as well as being able to contribute to Hamilton's health with the knowledge I now have.

Lou, you are an amazing dentist - and you and your wife, Barb, are such a great team."

Engelda Clinton, Gloucestershire, England


TMD Diagnosis and Treatment
& Rehabilitative Dentistry

An estimated forty to sixty million Americans experience some degree of craniomandibular dysfunction (CMD), also known as temporomandibular disorder (TMD) or disorder of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). Many chronic sufferers are misdiagnosed with neuritis, neuralgia, or tension headaches or even labeled neurotic. The simple fact is that your teeth must come together properly when you chew and swallow if you are not to stress the maze of muscles that connects your jaw to your skull to your spine.

How do you know you have CMD? It's not always obvious. CMD can generate symptoms in areas other than the jaw. Do you suffer from migraines or headaches, pain or pressure behind the eyes, burning or tearing eyes, blurred vision, earaches, ringing or buzzing in ears, stuffiness in ears, loss of hearing, dizziness, chronic sinus problems, clicking or popping jaw joints, jaw locking, grinding, clenching, unusual wearing or cracking of teeth, jaw soreness on awakening, difficulty swallowing, facial pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, or numbness/tingling in the fingers? You may have a compromised bite.

Malocclusion can be inherited - crowded or overlapped teeth, poorly aligned teeth, extra or missing teeth, irregularities of jaw or face. It may result from habits like thumb/finger sucking or from conditions like compromised skeletal structure, enlarged tonsils, forward head posture, and/or mouth breathing. A bad bite may be the consequence of a single missing tooth, an improper dental restoration, or ground down or broken back teeth. Maybe you've tolerated symptoms for years, or maybe the onset of symptoms was sudden and intense, as after whiplash, a fall, or a blow to the face. Regardless of cause, jaw joint disorders tend to worsen over time if left untreated.

Accurate records and diagnosis can lead to treatment that can alleviate or even eliminate symptoms. Our fully equipped diagnostic center includes the CMTPlus for panoramic, tomographic, and cephalometric radiography as well as the BioPak Joint Vibration Analysis, Jaw Tracking, and non-invasive electromyographic studies. If appropriate for your condition, Dr. Trovato can fit you with the indicated oral appliance as a first step toward pain relief and bite stabilization. In-office healing modalities may include medical-grade oxygen-ozone, infrared, iontophoresis, laser, TENS, and/or cryo therapies.

Each CMD condition is unique and treated as such.

Some conditions will benefit most from multidisciplinary treatment. Dr. Trovato will work closely with your chiropractor, doctor, physical therapist, naturopath, or other practitioner.

As your health improves, if you so choose, you may consider restorative options that will allow you to discontinue use of any appliance you may have worn during stabilization without sacrificing the comfort you've achieved. Some acute pain (rather than chronic pain) guests and some youthful guests need no further attention to the bite. Others may take advantage of rehabilitative dental care - implants, crowns, bridge, resin or porcelain restorations, orthopedics/orthodontics (Advanced Webs: please link to Lightwire Orthopedics and Invisalign), or a combination of the above - to reposition or restore teeth to hold the new, healthy bite.

You deserve to live free from chronic pain!

For more information on CMD, visit the website of the American Academy of Craniofacial Pain at www.aacraniofacialpain.org.

"I am a 72 year-old woman who has suffered from vertigo and TMD for the past 20 years. Dr. Trovato fitted me with an appliance. I wore it for several months. To my amazement, I had no more vertigo, and the clicking in my jaw subsided. Dr. Trovato made my smile over then. Now my teeth are positioned so I don't have to wear the appliance. I am so very grateful to Dr. Trovato. I feel like a new person! The whole staff has been so helpful and friendly. I have no pain, I have a beautiful smile, and I feel like a sexy 72 year old!"

Marie, Southampton PA

Press the "Health History Form" button
on the tool bar to the left.
Choose "CMD Questionnaire."
Download, complete, and bring the CMD Questionnaire
to your consultation visit.