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Happy Holidays from Caughey DDS and TMJ Treatment Atlanta! To celebrate the end of the year, we enjoyed lunch and ice skating at the St. Regis Hotel in Buckhead. After we got the ice skates laced, we immediately practiced our balance and tricks for the next an hour of fun! Enjoy the photos, and Happy…
Read MoreSuper client focused. I appreciated greatly the “wholistic” approach to my care. I have been looking for an innovative approach like this for a very long time. Thank you Dr. Caughey.
Read MoreDr. Caughey’s caring and considerate service is passed down to hygiene, dental assistant and office/financial personnel with perfection. They always make me feel comfortable. All have been helpful to me in the past, Missy and Liv particularly. Always feel like they have done their best to serve me. I commend Dr. Caughey and her staff.
Read MoreMissy at the front desk was extremely kind and courteous. Dr Caughey is awesome! I would recommend her to anyone that would need this type of medical care.
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A bite splint requires molar support, and particularly at the most distal tooth location. However, due to the shape of the upper and lower jaws’ relationship to one another, this is the portion of the bite splint that most frequently becomes thin and brittle, and thus, broken. Below is a case of fractured acrylic over…
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Can an orthodontic appliance like the ALF serve to open the airway? We think so! This diagram shows the anatomical relationship between the roof of the mouth (palatine and maxillae bones) and the base of the nose. If an ALF Advanced Lightwire Fuctional appliance can gently spread these maxillae and palatine sutures,…
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Ideally the splint is designed to prevent failures from happening. But when they do, it is good to be able to understand how and why the failure occurred, and to know what to do about it. Splint repair and tips to prevent failure are helpful to predict and manage the occasional difficulties in splint therapy. Understanding…
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The JVA is a screening tool for TMJ Dysfunction. The Joint Vibration Analysis is an instrument resembling a set of headphones, but instead of listening to music, it listens to the jaw joints. A healthy jaw joint creates very little friction, whereas a damaged joint is noisier. Depending on the type of vibration created, a…
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Canine transposition means the canines are in the position of missing lateral incisors — or in the switched position of upper premolars. This rare but non pathologic variation of tooth position can be challenging to determine how the biting forces should be spread across the teeth. In general, a splint for canine transposition can be managed…
Read MoreI spent the past 2 days in ALF (Advanced Lightwire Functional) appliance training with Dr. Mike Hoefs. Dentistry in America is continuously recognizing new heroes, who have bravely look at the way the teeth are connected to the rest of the body — Dr. Hoefs is one such hero of mine! Wow! The science behind this…
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