Need Help With Dental Pain?
Everly Dental welcomes new and existing patients for urgent dental evaluations during business hours. If you have tooth pain, swelling, a broken tooth, dental trauma, or a lost restoration, call as early as possible or learn about our emergency dental care.
Personalized Care in Santa Maria
Understanding TMJ Treatment
Temporomandibular disorders involve the jaw joints, chewing muscles, or related structures. Symptoms may fluctuate and can overlap with tooth problems, sinus concerns, headaches, arthritis, injury, sleep issues, or other medical conditions, so diagnosis matters.
Seek evaluation when symptoms persist, worsen, interfere with eating, follow an injury, or occur with swelling or significant limitation. Some jaw pain requires medical or specialty assessment outside dentistry.
What We Evaluate
- Jaw-joint pain or tenderness
- Clicking, popping, or grinding sounds
- Limited opening or episodes of locking
- Pain while chewing or changes in bite comfort
- Muscle tension in the face or temples
- Tooth wear or suspected clenching and grinding
Related Care
Your plan may connect with other services available through our Santa Maria practice:
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Call 805-925-8767 for appointment assistance.
What to Expect
We review symptoms, habits, health history, sleep concerns, and previous injuries. The exam assesses jaw movement, muscles, joints, bite, and teeth. Imaging may be used when indicated. Care may include self-management, behavior modification, an oral appliance, dental treatment, physical therapy coordination, or referral.
Recommendations are based on an in-person examination and your individual circumstances. Everly Dental does not use a one-size-fits-all plan, and results, timing, comfort, and maintenance needs vary by patient.
Everly Dental serves patients from Santa Maria, Orcutt, Nipomo, Lompoc, Guadalupe, Arroyo Grande, Grover Beach, Pismo Beach, Oceano, San Luis Obispo, and nearby Central Coast communities. All treatment is provided at 426 E. Barcellus Ave., Suite 101, Santa Maria, CA 93454.
Our doctors use digital X-rays, cone-beam CT imaging, intraoral scanning, and laser dentistry when appropriate for diagnosis or treatment. The technology used depends on clinical need.
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Related Dental Services
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