Orchards Dental CARE

30/12/2025

🔊 Jaw clicking? At Orchards Dental Care, we don’t ignore the signal. We decode it.

It may seem harmless — but your jaw could be trying to tell you something important.

At Orchards Dental Care, we often see patients who ignore jaw clicking because there’s no pain. However, this sound commonly points to an issue with the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) — the joint that helps you speak, chew, yawn, and smile comfortably.

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🦷 Why does TMJ clicking happen?

✔️ Disc displacement
Inside your TMJ is a small cushion called the articular disc. If it slips out of position, the jaw has to “jump” over it — causing a click or pop.

✔️ Overworked jaw muscles
Teeth grinding, clenching, stress, excessive gum chewing, or prolonged mouth opening can strain jaw muscles and disturb joint movement.

✔️ Joint inflammation or degeneration
Conditions like arthritis or chronic inflammation can also affect smooth jaw motion.

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⚠️ Should jaw clicking worry you?

Jaw clicking is often the earliest sign of TMJ disorder.
It may begin as “just a sound”, but it indicates that the jaw is not moving in its ideal position.

If left unchecked, it can progress to:
• Jaw, facial, or ear pain
• Difficulty opening or closing the mouth
• Jaw locking
• Frequent headaches or neck pain
• Problems eating or speaking

Early attention makes a big difference.

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🔍 How we assess jaw clicking at Orchards Dental Care

At Orchards, we believe in diagnosis before treatment.

Our evaluation includes:
• Detailed discussion of habits like clenching, grinding, stress, posture
• Clinical examination of jaw movement, joint sounds, and muscle tenderness
• Bite analysis and tooth wear assessment
• Advanced imaging (X-ray or CBCT or MRI) when required

🛠️ How TMJ clicking is managed

Most cases can be treated conservatively and non-invasively, especially when detected early.

✔️ Lifestyle guidance (diet, posture, habit correction)
✔️ Stress and muscle relaxation strategies
✔️ Custom-made night guards or splints for clenching & grinding
✔️ TMJ orthotics for jaw stabilisation when indicated

Surgery is rarely the first option.

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🛑 Our message to you
A clicking jaw may not hurt today — but ignoring it can lead to chronic discomfort and joint damage tomorrow.

📍 Orchards Dental Care
318, 6th Main, 15th Cross
Sadashivanagar, Bangalore – 560080
📞 +91 80880 51253

✍️ Written by Dr Shilpa Shashikiran

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25/12/2025

20/12/2025

When a smile feels incomplete…

She had slowly adapted to avoiding certain foods and hiding her smile — all because of missing teeth.

Eating wasn’t comfortable, and smiling didn’t feel natural anymore.

By replacing the missing teeth with metal ceramic crowns, we helped restore what she had been missing — comfort while eating and a smile that feels like her own again.

Sometimes, dentistry isn’t about selling a smile… it’s about giving normal life back. 🦷✨


For more info visit us at http://www.orchardsdentalcare.com/latest-update/when-a-smile-feels-incomplete/42?utm_source=facebookpage

19/12/2025

From breakage to brilliance ✨🦷

From breakage to brilliance ✨🦷

Malaligned, spaced teeth with a traumatic bite were causing repeated fractures and proximal decay.

By correcting the bite and restoring the smile with esthetic zirconia crowns, we achieved both strength and natural beauty.

Why zirconia over PFM crowns?

✔️ Metal-free → no dark lines near gums

✔️ Superior strength & durability

✔️ Excellent biocompatibility

✔️ Natural translucency for lifelike esthetics

✔️ Better marginal fit → reduced food lodgement

✔️ Long-lasting color stability

A smile that’s not just beautiful, but built to last 💪😁




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15/12/2025

Closed the gaps, elevated the smile ✨🦷

Precision space closure with high-quality composite fillings — improving esthetics, reducing food lodgement, and protecting against future decay.

Because small changes make a big difference at Orchards Dental Care 💫


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11/12/2025

Transforming confidence, one smile at a time.

From missing teeth to a beautifully crafted, natural-looking denture. Her new smile not only enhanced her appearance but also improved her speech and function. At Orchards Dental Care, we’re honoured to help bring back comfort, confidence, and joy. Look at that smile — priceless!. For more info visit us at http://www.orchardsdentalcare.com/latest-update/transforming-confidence-one-smile-at-a-time/39?utm_source=facebookpage

10/12/2025

Goodbye Tongue Tie 💛 @ Orchards Dental Care

For years, she lived with a tongue that couldn’t move freely — affecting speech, comfort, and daily ease.
Today, with a gentle laser frenectomy, that restriction was finally released.
No stitches, minimal bleeding… and an almost instant difference in clarity and comfort.
A small procedure that gave her a new sense of freedom. ✨

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05/12/2025

02/12/2025

From deep bite to confident shine ✨

Her smile was struggling — deep bite, lost vertical dimension and spacing meant her teeth kept chipping, breaking, and needing endless patchwork.
At Orchards Dental Care, we stepped back and rebuilt the foundation first: restoring proper bite height and designing a smile that balanced esthetics with function.

With strong, natural-looking Zirconia crowns, we transformed instability into strength and hesitation into confidence.
Because a beautiful smile should not only shine — it should last. 💎🦷

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02/12/2025

🦷 It’s Endo Day — aka RCT Day at Orchards Dental Care!
Because saving teeth > saving money (even if some patients think otherwise 😄)

Our Endodontist is available today from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm for painless, precise, tooth-saving RCTs.

Come save your tooth… before you decide to “just remove it” 🤭

🦷 “You say ‘remove it’ to save money…
But later spend triple on implants.
Orchards Dental: Watching karma circle back 😅

02/12/2025

Wisdom tooth removal under conscious sedation ( for the ones who fear injections )

This was how we spent our Sunday… and now we’re all geared up for Monday!

This lovely patient of ours has always been afraid of needles, but her wisdom tooth pain needed attention. So we planned her extraction with our surgeon who offers conscious sedation — the perfect option for anxious patients.

🦷 What is Conscious Sedation?
It’s a safe method where the patient is given medication to feel relaxed, sleepy, and calm, yet still awake enough to respond.
✔ No pain
✔ Reduced anxiety
✔ Minimal memory of the stressful parts
✔ Ideal for needle-fear, gag reflex, or complex extractions

Yesterday brought us a little twist — the tooth turned out trickier than expected and the procedure took longer. But she stayed comfortable throughout.

What we’ll remember most are the light moments in between…
Yanni playing softly in the background, her favourite drinks, small laughs, and her courage shining through.

In the end, the tooth is out, the pain is gone, and our brave neighbour walked out smiling.
Sedation dentistry truly turns fear into comfort.










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