You Can’t Test Headaches — But WE Can Test Your Bite
Do you suffer from frequent headaches, migraines, jaw pain, neck tension, or facial pain and still can’t find lasting relief? Then you are in the right place! Too often, patients struggle searching for answers without ever finding the source of the problem. Why? There is no single medical test that can definitively diagnose the symptoms. Discover how Dr. Jerry Simon's FDA Approved, patented, non-invasive test might just have the answers you've been searching for!
Still Searching for Head, Neck or Facial Pain Relief?
You may simply be looking in the wrong place. Unfortunately, the bite is often one of the last things patients consider when searching for relief from chronic headaches, migraines, jaw pain, neck tension, or facial pain.
Most patients do not come to Dental Care Stamford thinking their bite could be part of the problem. They arrive after years of trial and error, still searching for answers and wondering why the pain keeps coming back. Do any of these searches sound familiar?
You’re Not Alone. Real Patients Have Been Where You Are.
Before most patients ever think about their bite, they are searching for answers to pain, pressure, headaches, jaw symptoms, and discomfort that keeps coming back. This patient’s story will help you feel understood and show you why the missing connection may not have been found before.
Common Symptoms often called “Medicine’s Great Imposter”
Still not sure if your bite is the problem?
If you have one or more of these problems, it may be a sign that your teeth, jaw joints, and muscles are not working together the way they should. Correct diagnosis is the first step! Get your bite evaluated today!
Freqent Head, Neck or Facial Pain
From “stress’ or “tension” headaches, to severe migraines or neck and facial pain– could be signs of overworked muscles.
Dental Damage & Tooth Sensitivity
Worn, broken, cracked. or crooked teeth and even gum recession can often be traced back to clenching and grinding.
Jaw Noises or Difficulty Opening & Closing Mouth
Discomfort when opening or closing your mouth, or your jaw makes clicking, popping, or grinding sounds, the root cause is often bite-related.
Learn How a Misaligned Bite Can Trigger Head, Neck & Facial Pain
This whiteboard video explains the connection many patients have never heard before: When the teeth do not meet evenly, the jaw shifts to over compensate, the muscles overwork, and pain can show up as headaches, migraines, jaw pain, neck tension, or facial discomfort. The goal is not to guess — it is to test whether your bite is part of the problem.
How Your Bite Can Create Pain Beyond Your Teeth
In order to swallow, your teeth have to touch — and you swallow thousands of times a day. If your teeth do not come together naturally, your jaw has to shift or adjust to make them fit. An imbalanced bite creates a chain reaction: the jaw shifts, the muscles compensate, strain builds, and then pain shows up in places that do not feel dental at all.
Balanced Bite
The red line indicates the jaw joints are centered and the teeth fit comfortably when the mouth is closed.
Uneven Bite
The two circles shows that the jaw shifts forward every time mouth closes force the teeth together.
Muscle Strain
This image shows common areas of muscle strain caused by overworked jaw, head, and neck muscles compensating for a misaligned bite.
Bite Relief Test
The Best-Bite Discluder temporarily aligns your bite to help the jaw joints center properly, allowing overworked muscles to relax and helping relieve strain.
4 Examples Of Damage From An Uneven Bite
When teeth do not fit together evenly, the jaw may shift to make the teeth meet. Over time, clenching and grinding can create visible dental damage — even before the patient realizes it is happening.
Worn, chipped or broken teeth
Grinding and heavy bite forces can wear teeth down, chip edges, or cause cracks and breakage.
Teeth shifting after braces
If the bite is still off, clenching and grinding forces may contribute to teeth moving again.
Sensitive gumline notches
Big notches near the gumline may appear when teeth flex under extreme clenching forces.
Sore or loose teeth
A tooth that feels sore, loose, or overworked may be absorbing more pressure than it should.
My Jaw Clicks or Pops — What Could It Be?
Your jaw should open and close smoothly. Clicking, popping, grinding sounds, locking, or difficulty opening can be signs that the jaw joint is under stress — even when it does not hurt at first.
Normal Jaw Joint
Shows how the disc and jaw bone move smoothly together during normal opening and closing.
Damaged Jaw Joint
Shows how a displaced disc can create the bump, click, or pop sound as the jaw moves.
Severely Damaged Jaw Joint
Shows why a jaw that used to click but stops clicking may still need attention.
The Bite, Jaw Joints & Muscles May Be Working Against Each Other
At this point, the symptoms may sound familiar — but the next step is not guessing. A bite imbalance can create conflict between the teeth and jaw joints, forcing the muscles to overwork and compensate.
Uneven bite
The teeth do not meet in a stable, balanced position.
Jaw shifts
The jaw compensates so the teeth can come together.
Muscles overwork
Head, neck, face, and jaw muscles may stay tense.
Pain + damage
Symptoms can show up as headaches, jaw pain, clenching, or tooth damage.
Great News: If It’s Your Bite, We Can Test It
Your symptoms may sound like a bite-related problem, but Dr. Simon does not want patients going through unnecessary treatment. Correct diagnosis is key. The Best-Bite Discluder temporarily guides the bite into a more balanced position so the jaw joints can center more comfortably and the muscles can relax. If reducing that conflict helps reduce pain, we have stronger evidence that the bite is part of the problem before recommending treatment.
What to Expect at Your Bite Evaluation
The evaluation is designed to answer one important question: are your teeth, jaw joints, and muscles working against each other — and does relieving that conflict reduce your symptoms?
Identify the Source
Look for evidence of conflict between the teeth, jaw joints, head, neck, face, and muscles.
Test your Bite
Temporarily reduce the conflict to see whether your pain improves, even briefly.
Plan for Relief
If your bite is part of the problem, we review a personalized path for long-term comfort.
An Expert in Bite-Related Headache & TMJ Treatment
Dr. Jerry Simon has spent decades helping patients understand whether their bite may be connected to headaches, TMJ pain, jaw symptoms, neck tension, facial discomfort, and dental damage. His approach focuses on testing the bite before recommending treatment.
Relief Starts With Finding the Right Cause
Dr. Simon has help hundreds of thousands of patients get their quality of life back! You shouldn’t have to cope with headaches being a ‘normal’ part of your life!
Patient Success Stories
Hear directly from our patients about their experiences at Dental Care Stamford and the results they've achieved.
What Treatment is Needed:
If your bite is causing pain, treatment is chosen based on the source of the problem, the severity of your symptoms, and what brings lasting relief. Here are 3 of the most common treatment options, but all treatment plans are tailored to each patients specific dental needs.
Diagnosis comes first — treatment is only recommended after evaluation and your bite is determined to be the cause.
Bite Adjustment
Making Your Teeth and Jaw Fit in Harmony
Most common solution and we have treated many hundreds of patient with a 99.5% success over many years
Targets pressure points and uneven tooth contact.
Reduces conflict between the teeth and jaw joints.
Fastest and easiest way to fix an uneven bite.
Before Reshaping
The teeth don’t fit together right. The red marks indicate where they hit off-center.
After Reshaping
The teeth now fit together properly and hit center so that your bite is balanced.
After Reshaping
Clenching and grinding are eliminated or dramatically reduced due to a balanced bite.
Orthodontic Treatment
Braces Can Correct Your Bite to Relieve the Pain
Only needed if your bite is way off and reshaping will not be sufficient.
Can improve function, comfort, and smile stability.
Treatment is customized to your specific bite problem.
Before
After
Bite Guard
A Device to Temporarily Balance Your Bite
Temporarily helps align the bite.
Reduces strain on jaw muscles and joints.
Protects teeth from dental damage from clenching or grinding
Helpful Reads If You’re Still Searching for Answers
Explore TreatmentForHeadaches.com, where you’ll find patient-friendly articles, videos, and testimonials about bite-related headaches, TMJ pain, jaw clenching, and Dr. Simon’s non-invasive testing. You can also learn more with any of the featured articles below.
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Serving Stamford and Greater Fairfield County
Our patients come from across Stamford (06901, 06902, 06903, 06905, 06907) and from Greenwich, Darien, New Canaan, Norwalk, and Westport, as well as Westchester County, NY. Many travel specifically for Dr. Simon's expertise and our non-invasive approach to jaw pain and headaches.
Stop Chasing Symptoms. Start Testing the Source.
Schedule a non-invasive bite evaluation with Dr. Jerry Simon at Dental Care Stamford and learn whether your headaches, migraines, jaw pain, or neck tension may be bite-related.
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