Craniofacial Pain Center

I am a long term client for TMJ issues and have been very pleased with my treatment, as well as the expertise available in the office. They are definitely the go to place for TMJ issues. My experience with them has been completely contrary to all the negative reviews. I found them efficient and helpful.

Absolutely unorganized office. The Practice Manager at the time, David Brow needs to shape up or ship out.

I have TMJ, and I moved to Boston to gain a permanent solution to my case at this center. They are «the largest TMJ center» in the country after all.
I waited an hour then had a consultation with Dr. Mehta. As with the other «professionals» I have seen, he flat out recommended surgery. After barely speaking with me for 10 minutes (and he seemed rushed and his bedside manner was not great) and without xrays of my case, he said «you need surgery (not ‘might’!) and our therapy in conjunction».
I also had to do a psychological test, which was complete bullshit to make me feel like I was a depressed fool, when I was just always in chronic pain. Bullshit that if I had treatment with them, I’d have to pay for these services.
I saw the surgeon he referred me to, Dr. Papageorge (dean of the department). She had a great bedside manner, patiently listened to my story, and told me I don’t need surgery now. «Maybe if you get much worse in ten years, but not now».
So when a doctor who recommends surgery, but the surgeon says ‘no”, what did this tell me? It tells me that my case is beyond this doctor’s abilities and that I should not come back to him.
This occurred two years ago. I have since seen other «alternative» doctors who have weaned me off the splint I was wearing ²⁴⁄₇ for 2.5 years and feel great! Most of my symptoms are gone :)
Save your money from such doctors as this who claim to be specialists and instead find those who have testimonials of success. Don’t give up in your search (as I nearly did after seeing this man)…

I went to the tmj clinic after a dentist in iowa who kept my mouth open too long and screwed up my back molars so horribly that I could not chew properly and developed severe tmj pain.
I have mixed feelings about this place, but can only give them one star. First, I had to go through some sort of psychological testing by this super arrogant shrink. I guess because people say that tmj is emotionally based. but guess what, mine wasn’t. he was so arrogant it was laughable. alot of people go there after they are in car accidents that causes their jaw to be screwed up, which is not emotionally based, but physically.
most of the people who work there are lovely and very caring. they gave me two different mouth guards, one to wear at night and one to wear during the day. so, my pain overall decreased, but only when I had the mouth guards in. also, when they were fitting the mouth guards I was in alot of pain and they never once told me that I should take advil to lessen the pain and to relax the muscle, which I think borders on malpractice. whenever they would give me a new mouthguard I would be in alot of pain getting used to it.
after months of treatment, they told me that I had three options. 1) to continue to wear the mouth guards for the rest of my life; 2) to wear wire braces for two years, or 3) to get all of my teeth capped. yes, you read that correct, that is ALL OF MY TEETH.
I had never had any tmj problems before the iowa dentist had drilled my molars down too low. but the head guy at tufts, dr. mehta, didn’t listen to me.
not liking that prognosis, I was referred by a wonderful chiropractor to dr. kronstein at restorative dental on concord ave in cambridge. dr. krontstein is a highly skilled prosthodontist. he told me that I needed a crown on all of the bottom back molars and possibly two on the top back teeth. I was frightened, but I trusted dr. kronstein and it was the best thing that I have ever done healthwise.
dr. kronstein was so great that the 4 crowns on the bottom fixed my occlusion so I didn’t need the top crowns. he made me stop using my mouth guards. my bite now is better than it has ever been. I consider it a miracle.
that was five or so years ago. since then, I’ve continued to get massage/​chiropractoric work and have started to practice bikram yoga again, which I did previously for many years.
my tmj is not 100% gone but it is 95% gone. I got rear-​ended a few years ago and it cropped up again, but I continued with massage treatments and that recurrence subsided. and my bite is still great.
if you’re reading this and suffering from bad occlusion and tmj, I recommend dr. kronstein. I never trusted that the tufts clinic could solve my problem permanently. tmj specialists just don’t have the training that prosthodontists do. so, beware.
in the end, I thank God that I didn’t take tufts advice.
UPDATE: I want to recommend a book on facial exercises that I bought recently. It’s titled Facial Fitness by Patricia Goroway (Amazon $ 12.00). She developed tmj after an auto accident. She was told by one doctor that surgery was the only answer. but, she got a second opinion and the 2^nd doctor’s approach was to treat the injury with strengthening exercises. They really helped her, and she has also developed more of them as well as massage techniques. I have done them for a few weeks and my jaw is much more relaxed than it had been and I can tell that my muscles are stronger. Highly recommend this book.

Had to go back to this place and they were nothing but helpful and caring. Their staff is very knowledgeable in the realm of TMJ and they reduced and cured my pain. Do not go to another care center for facial/​jaw pain until you have gone here.