The essays
01 · Why TMJ treatment should begin with a diagnosis
3 min read. Why we diagnose jaw pain (TMJ is the jaw joint) before we recommend a night guard or a bite change, and when we refer. Read the essay
02 · Rebuilding a whole mouth: why the order matters
3 min read. Gums, bone, implants and bite, treated in the right order, and what goes wrong when they are not. Read the essay
03 · Flying in for treatment: how we plan the visit
3 min read. A checklist for patients who travel to us: what to send, what to arrange, and what one visit can and cannot include. Read the essay
04 · Jaw tracking, EMG and TENS: uses and limits
3 min read. Jaw tracking and muscle sensors (EMG) record, a muscle-relaxing current (TENS) treats, and none of them gives a jaw-disorder (TMD) diagnosis on its own. Read the essay
05 · What a 3D dental scan can and cannot tell us
3 min read. How we size a 3D scan (CBCT) to the question, when we skip it, and what the image cannot show. Read the essay
More from the journal
Flying in: how a concentrated surgical day actually works
Patients come from across South Florida, the United States, and abroad. Read the essay
Pediatric dentistry starts in November 2026
From November 2026, Tetri’s Smile adds pediatric dentistry on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Read the essay
The skull in the room: what the Planmeca Viso G7 actually lets us do
Case-specific CBCT up to a 30 × 30 cm field, with Romexis review and optional platform capabilities used only when clinically relevant. Read the essay
When reconstruction needs more than one discipline
Complex full-mouth care is not a collection of procedures. Read the essay
Why TMJ treatment demands restraint
Jaw pain is rarely explained by one structure or solved by one appliance. Care begins with a diagnosis, reversible steps, and respect for uncertainty. Read the essay
Why we publish these
Most of what goes wrong in complex dentistry goes wrong before the first procedure, in the diagnosis and the sequence. These essays set out how we reason, so that you can check it against your own case and ask better questions at the visit. If an essay raises a question about your own teeth, bring it with you; we would rather discuss it than have you guess.
All five essays were written in 2026.
