CAUSES OF MYOFACIAL PAIN DYSFUNCTION

STRUCTURAL PRIMARY:

• Malocclusion
• Occlusal Balance
• Cranium to Mandibular Balance
• Cervical Neck Balance
• Shoulder Balance
• Pelvis and Leg Balance

BIOCHEMICAL SECONDARY:

• Nutritional Balance
• Vitamins
• Mineral Supplementation
• Energy

EMOTIONAL SECONDARY:

• Psychosomatic (Mental)
• Depressions
• Frustrations
• Anxieties
• Angers
• Hypertension (Stresses)

Note: Within the structural primary problems of TMD/Myofacial Pain Dysfunction 1/6th is dental structurally related.  But this 1/6th could be a very significant missing component when all the biochemical and emotional issues have been medically and nutritionally have been ruled out by the health care professionals.

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