About TMJ Excellence
At TMJ Excellence, we provide holistic and empathic care for individuals suffering from mild to debilitating pain from TMJ disorders and mild to moderate breathing issues. Our clinic is dedicated to understanding each patient's unique situation, offering tailored solutions such as tailor-made:
- 'Dr Tom's Jaw Orthotics' (Maxillary and mandibular orthotics)' These gently create more space between the bottom jaw and the skull. This helps support the body's natural healing process, reduces inflammation, and encourages healthy joint recovery.
- 'Mandibular Advancement Device (MAD)'
With more than 40 years of experience as a respected practicing general dentist, Dr Tom has spent the past 25 years extensively studying temporomandibular joint (TMJ/D) disorders. Throughout his career, he found that conventional treatments often fell short of delivering consistent, long-term outcomes, inspiring him to seek a more effective approach.
Each consultation is a tailored, multi-disciplinary strategy to provide a natural correct relaxed jaw position. This will reduce inflammation over time, restore natural movement, regeneration of the soft tissue disc and deliver lasting relief.
Your comfort, health, and long-term wellbeing are at the heart of everything we do. We take the time to understand your needs and provide personalised care focused on relieving head/face/jaw pain, restoring function, and helping you get back to living comfortably.
We treat a range of conditions including:
- TMJ Dysfunction
- Chronic Jaw Pain
- Headaches & Migraines
- Facial Pain
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Overall Pain Management
- Mild to Moderate Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
- Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome (UARS)
- Snoring Issues
- Breathing
Hi! I’m Dr Tom and I am a husband, father and grandfather to several beautiful souls.
I have enjoyed a long career as a general dentist and over the last 25 years of my career, I became fascinated with the human jaw joint, and all its problems.
A turning point for me was when I tried to help a loved one with debilitating facial pain. They had extreme difficulty talking or eating. My treatment for them 25 years ago, was to use “splint therapy”which unfortunately didn’t eliminate their symptoms so they eventually referred themself on to have surgery on their jaw joints.
I was disappointed to say the least. However, with further study, I realised that the human jaw joint doesn’t just open and close like a lid on a box; it also slides.
Taking this into consideration, I designed mouth orthotics that allow the entire bottom jaw to slide which allows the jaw joint to function properly.
My mouth orthotics are only worn at night, and they relieve the pressure on the disc inside the jaw joints, allowing the disc and joints to recover slowly over a period of about 6 to 9 months.
The inflammation goes down and the pain goes away.
Solving facial pain gives people peace of mind, especially if they’ve been told many times that 'nothing can be done' or 'you just have to put up with it.'
I’m grateful that I can use my skills to help people regain their quality of life. And I find it rewarding when I hear the words - 'thank you, you’ve given me my life back'.
If facial, head and neck pain is your issue, I look forward to helping you.
Cheers and good health,
Dr Thomas (Tom) Trevethan - TMJ/D Dentist