Botox in Bellevue

The Benefits of Botox as TMJ Treatment

Botox is something many people have come to associate with cosmetic surgery. But did you know it can also be beneficial as a form of TMJ treatment? Your temporomandibular jaw (TMJ) functions as a sliding hinge that connects your skull and your jawbone. When you have a TMJ disorder, though, you can experience a lot of pain and loss of mobility in your TMJ.

Botox is there to help ease that pain, and Dr. Bridget Singh can administer these injections. Let's go over how the injections work and how you can benefit from them.

 

Who Benefits From Botox Injections?

Botox is a type of neurotoxin that can be administered via injection. Not only can it fight off facial aging, but it can treat TMJ pain. When administered at the jawline, this injection can alleviate pain caused by your TMJ disorder. You might need it on one or both sides, depending on your TMJ disorder.

 

How Dental Botox Helps With Jaw Pain

Are you someone who tends to clench your jaw whenever your stress increases? Do you grind your teeth at night and wake up in pain? These characteristics of TMJ disorders can leave the lower part of your face in agony and controlling your stress 24/7 is easier said than done.

Injections help by temporarily immobilizing your masseter muscles, which will lessen the jaw contraction so commonly experienced by those with TMJ disorders. You will still be able to eat and talk just like you always do, but you won't experience the kind of jaw pain that you normally would.

 

How Dental Botox Combats Dynamic Wrinkles

After years of using your facial muscles to smile, frown, and do other basic movements, lines will develop. Dynamic wrinkles will disappear once your muscles relax. This cracked collagen can be tackled by fillers. A couple of simple injections will give you a smoother layer of collagen. This means that those dynamic lines will not show up when you smile. The result? A more youthful appearance.

 

Time Between Dental Botox Injections

You will probably want to schedule multiple injections with Dr. Singh to treat your TMJ disorder. Injections wear off after about six months, and it is safe to go back and get another round of dental Botox after that.

 

Get TMJ Treatment From Dr. Singh

If you are looking to get TMJ treatment in the Bellevue Seattle area, contact our office at Bridget Singh DDS to schedule your initial consultation or ask us any lingering questions you might have about dental Botox. There is relief from your TMJ pain, and Dr. Singh can go over your options with you at your first appointment.