{"id":4721,"date":"2025-06-19T14:26:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T11:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leodentclinic.com\/faq-items\/how-are-jaw-joint-disorders-treated\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T14:26:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T11:26:31","slug":"how-are-jaw-joint-disorders-treated","status":"publish","type":"avada_faq","link":"https:\/\/leodentclinic.com\/en\/faq-items\/how-are-jaw-joint-disorders-treated\/","title":{"rendered":"How are jaw joint disorders treated?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1090\" data-end=\"1175\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">Treatment depends on the cause and severity of the condition. Among the methods applied: <\/span>\u200b<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1177\" data-end=\"1474\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1177\" data-end=\"1218\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1179\" data-end=\"1218\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">Splint (night plate) applications performed by a dentist or maxillofacial surgeon<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1219\" data-end=\"1260\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1221\" data-end=\"1260\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">Physiotherapy and exercises<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1261\" data-end=\"1302\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1263\" data-end=\"1302\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">Medication (painkillers, muscle relaxants)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1303\" data-end=\"1344\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1305\" data-end=\"1344\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">Botulinum toxin injections<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1345\" data-end=\"1386\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1347\" data-end=\"1386\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">ESWT (shock wave therapy) and chiropractic treatment<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1387\" data-end=\"1474\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1389\" data-end=\"1474\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">Surgical interventions (rarely, when other methods fail)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Treatment depends on the cause and severity of the condition.  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"faq_category":[153],"class_list":["post-4721","avada_faq","type-avada_faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","faq_category-jaw-joint-treatment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leodentclinic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/4721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leodentclinic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leodentclinic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leodentclinic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leodentclinic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leodentclinic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/4721\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leodentclinic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leodentclinic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_category?post=4721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}