Cosmetic Dentist in Rice Military

TMJ, Snoring and Sleep Apnea Treatment in Rice Military

If you wake with a sore jaw, hear about your own snoring, or have been told you grind your teeth, those are dental problems as much as medical ones. We treat TMJ disorder, we make custom night guards for grinding and clenching, and we fit oral appliances for snoring and obstructive sleep apnea, which many patients find far easier to live with than a CPAP mask.

The signs are easy to dismiss one at a time: clicking or locking when you open wide, headaches that start at the temples, earache with nothing wrong in the ear, teeth that have gone flat or sensitive at the edges, a partner who has started sleeping in another room. Together they point somewhere specific.

It starts with an exam. We look at the joint itself, the wear patterns on your teeth and how your bite meets, then talk through what is actually driving it before anything is made. Where a medical sleep diagnosis is needed first we will say so rather than fitting an appliance blind. A night guard is scanned with iTero rather than impression trays, so there is no tray of putty and the fit comes back accurate the first time.

Rice Military is a ten-minute drive, so the follow-up adjustments that get an appliance genuinely comfortable are quick to fit in around work, and our Wednesday 7:00 AM start means you can be seen before the office day begins. We are in-network with a wide list of insurers, and Cherry payment plans are available if treatment runs beyond what your plan covers.