Total Wellness Plan

Dr. Robert O. Uppgaard, DDS

Author of Taking Control of TMJ: Your Total Wellness Program for Recovery from Temporomandibular Joint Pain, Whiplash, Fibromyalgia, and Related Disorders

If you are among the 60 million people in the United States affected by TMJ disorder, with jaw pain, headaches, clicking, grating or difficulty opening and closing your mouth, then you may know what it is like to have your problem remain undiagnosed or go untreated. Perhaps you have undergone unnecessary and costly treatment to no avail. The Total Wellness Plan will help you understand this painful condition, prevent its recurrence, and possibly avoid surgery.

Taking Control of TMJ: Your Total Wellness Program offers simple, conservative, and cost-effective steps you can take to relieve pain, get well, and stay well. For those of you who are presently in treatment, the book will enable you to understand and participate more fully in your recovery.

This comprehensive guide also explores the connection TMJ disorder has with fibromyalgia and whiplash:

  • 87-98% of whiplash injuries result in TMJ problems
  • 75% of persons with fibromyalgia also have TMJ disorder
  • 26.6% of whiplash victims develop fibromyalgia

    • Dr. Uppgaard's Web Seminar

    Dr. Uppgaard's 25 minute Web Seminar provides background and answers to many questions as well as the crucial steps to reduce pain.

    You will learn about:

  • Root causes of pain
  • Exercises to Improve Jaw Function
  • Treating Referred Pain from Trigger Points
  • Eliminating Harmful Habits
  • Identifying Stressors
  • Evaluating & Improving Diet & Exercise Habits
  • Whiplash
  • Fibromyalgia & TMJ Disorder
  • Splints

    • Transcript of Web Seminar

    Download Web Seminar Slides

    Download Dr. Uppgaard's 25-minute Web Seminar

    Published Articles by Dr. Uppgaard

    1. Coming To Terms With Dental Health.
      Fibromyalgia Frontiers 2007, 15(4).
    2. Conservative and Successful Treatment of Temporomandibular Dysfunction in a Private Rural Practice.
      CRANIO: The Journal of Craniomandibular Practice. July 1992, Vol 10 (3): 235-240.
    3. Outcome-Based Research Has an Important Place in the Scientific Community.
      Science Advisory Board Perspectives.
    4. Challenging the Dental Establishment: Instituting a Standard of Care for TMJD (TMD).
      Science Advisory Board - Member Spotlight.

    Recommended Resources

    Occlusion, TMJ, Health part 1.
    Drs. Yong-Keun Lee and Hyung-Joo Moon, DDS, MSD, PhD

    Occlusion, TMJ, Fascia part 2.
    Drs. Yong-Keun Lee and Hyung-Joo Moon, DDS, MSD, PhD

    Grow Your Practice: Facial Pain and TMJ.
    Webinar by Gail Falzon, RN, and Curtis Turchin, M.A., D.C.

    Fibromyalgia & Chronic Myofascial Pain Syndrome: A Survival Manual
    Devin Starlanyl and M.E. Copeland

    Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual
    Drs. Janet Travell and David Simons, M.D.

    Pain Erasure: The Bonnie Prudden Way

    The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook
    Claire Davies, M.C.T.M.B

    Taking Control of TMJ by Dr. Robert Uppgaard
    Purchase Dr. Uppgaard's book, Taking Control of TMJ: Your Total Wellness Program at Amazon.com

    Editorial Reviews

    "Dr. Uppgaard's years of experience in treating patients with TMJ disorders... has enabled him to write a book of hope for those suffering from these disease entities. His description of simple, conservative, cost-effective approaches to relieving pain, getting well, and staying well are to be admired... This book is a 'must read.'"
    —Harold Gelb, D.M.D., P.C., Diplomat of the American Board of Orofacial Pain

    "This powerful book is the first of its kind and will unravel the mysteries and answer your questions regarding TMJ disorder. It is a virtual gold mine of information about a previously misunderstood problem affecting millions of people."
    —John W. Witzig, D.D.S., President of the TMJ Institute of America

    "How blessed we are to have the fruits of Dr. Uppgaard's forty-plus years of conservative treatment in easy-to-understand form. How special it is that he has written this book for doctor and patient alike."
    —William E. Stein, D.D.S., Feature Editor, Northwest Dentistry Magazine.

    Customer Reviews

    "It's amazing what a few changes and jaw exercises daily can do to reduce the pain."
    -N. Parker | 17 reviewers made a similar statement

    "Simple diagram and easy to read instructions."
    -Chris Tiu | 9 reviewers made a similar statement

    About Dr. Uppgaard

    Dr. Robert O. Uppgaard received his D.D.S. degree from the University of Minnesota. He spent the next six years as a part-time instructor there and pursued two years of postgraduate study in oral pathology. Following twenty years of general dentistry practice in Minneapolis, he moved to a rural area in northern Minnesota, where he established a family practice with an emphasis on TMJ disorder. For two years he commuted to the University of Minnesota to serve as an assistant professor in a troubleshooting capacity, after which he began his ten-year outcome-based study of TMJ patients. Dr. Uppgaard's practice has been focused on TMJ disorder since 1990.

    Before his professional career in dentistry, Bob joined the US Navy Seabees as a Frogman (also known as a Junior Seal.) His first deployment was to Omaha Beach in Normandy, France on D-Day, June 6th, 1944 as a Seaman First Class, serving in the medic unit.

    View Dr. Uppgaard's presentation about his World War II experiences.

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