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Many people know this: You run from doctor to doctor and can’t get rid of your back pain, migraines, tinnitus, constant bloating or heart arrhythmias. You rush to get a massage, change your diet, do gymnastics, do yoga… and despite recurring migraine attacks or neck muscle cramps, you still fart merrily – or maybe not so merrily.
Finding the cause of countless physical ailments can be quite simple; But first, do a little test: Open your mouth. Hold your hand vertically in front of your face, with your fingers pointing towards your mouth. How many fingers can you fit vertically into the opening of your mouth? Three is good, four is good, two is not. Second test: Open your mouth. Make circular movements with your lower jaw, first in one direction, then in the other direction. Does the movement work smoothly or not? Equally good in both directions? Is it cracking? If it’s cracking and/or you can only put two or three fingers vertically into your mouth, the cause of your back pain, tinnitus, bad knees, or bloating may be in your jaw.
More precisely, jaw misalignment caused by a malfunction in the jaw joints. This is due to fillings that are not fully adjusted, congenital irregularities, tooth corrections or psychological reasons; but we will talk about these later.
One fifth of the population needs treatment
The medical term for this dysfunction is craniomandibular dysfunction (CMD), where cranium refers to the skull and mandible refers to the jaw. Many people are said to suffer from this condition; Depending on the study and severity, numbers range from 3 percent to 40 percent of the population. Calculated in Switzerland, this is ideally 250,000, in the worst case just under 3.5 million. The Dental Health, Function and Aesthetics Association (GZFA) estimates that approximately 20 percent of the Swiss population, or almost two million people in Switzerland, need treatment. Zurich University Hospital also includes this number on its website.
Why is such a common disease, from which so many people suffer and need treatment, little known to the public? German CMD specialist and dentist Hamide Farshi, who will publish “The Jaw Code” guide on the subject next week, knows why. “Many experts aren’t looking closely,” he writes in his book, meaning no one is thinking outside the box. The knee specialist may not look at your posture, the family doctor may not suspect that migraine attacks are caused by misalignment of the teeth, and you may not necessarily tell the dentist that you have severe gas. The real cause of various complaints is not recognized and treated.
One indicator: constant farting
If, for various reasons, the teeth do not meet exactly – and this can be much less than a millimeter – the chewing and neck muscles become tense, and as a result, the entire posture is disrupted. The consequences of incorrect jaw position can spread throughout the body, causing pain elsewhere in the body, creating a sort of domino effect. Postural errors caused by tension in the chewing and neck muscles can have a damaging effect on the movement process and cause pain in the knees. Tension in the head area can trigger repeated headaches or unbearable migraine pain. Tinnitus or visual disturbances may also occur.
The position of the jaw even has an effect on the stomach and heart. This is because the vagus nerve, which controls stomach functions and digestion from the brain, among other things, runs along the side of the neck muscles through the stomach and intestines. If the neck muscles are constantly tense, the vagus nerve constantly sends wrong signals to our digestion. This can lead to persistent bloating, even on an empty stomach, and other digestive problems such as irritable bowel syndrome. According to book author Farshi, bloating is one of the first and most obvious signs of jaw misalignment, even in very mild cases. A noisy early warning system, so to speak. The heart can also respond to muscle tension: arrhythmia, the feeling of the heart suddenly stopping for a moment or skipping a beat.
Causes include stress, teeth adjustments, or congenital misalignments
The causes of jaw misalignment are various and can happen to anyone throughout their lives. One of these may be congenital, such as untreated overbite or deep bite. Others may be the result of braces treatment during adolescence, which straightened the teeth but did not pay attention to the functioning of the jaw joints. A dental filling that is slightly too high (by a hundredth of a millimeter) can cause permanent destabilization of the functioning of the jaw joints as well as poor posture. And last but not least, psychological reasons are responsible for the change in functionality: People under stress often grind or clench their teeth while sleeping. Incredible forces of six tons act on the jaw bones. This not only leads to muscle cramps, but also gradual bone loss; As a result, the teeth shift, leading to greater cramps. Vicious circle.
So what to do? The good news in all this is that if your jaw joints are not damaged enough to cause advanced osteoarthritis, you can get good help. But not from an ordinary dentist or orthodontist, but from a specialist who specializes in CMD. The downside: Many health insurance companies don’t pay for disclosure.
Source : Blick
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