After a full eight hours of sleep, you would expect to be well rested and feel rejuvenated for your work week, yet you wake up with a pounding headache and stiff jaws. These symptoms are leaving you mind-boggled. If you’re sleeping through the night, what could possibly be wrong? Unfortunately, you may be suffering from a common malfunction in your joints known as a TMJ disorder, or Temporomandibular Joint Disorder (TMD). Dr. Gary Chaffee and his office team at Paraiso Family Dental and Orthodontics offer TMJ therapy in Newbury Park that can help you solve this head, neck, and jaw mystery.

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