Ross A. Hauser, MD. There is a great controversy in the medical literature when it comes to temporomandibular disorders and Lyme disease. The controversy is whether the patient has TMD if diagnosed with Lyme disease, or if the pain they feel in the jaw and the masticatory muscle pain is not TMD but a symptom of Lyme disease. In my article, Neck Pain and Lyme Disease: Will Treating Neck Pain Make Lyme Disease Symptoms go Away? I suggest that in the many patients we see with cervical spine instability, chronic neck pain, and neurological challenges, there is sometimes a concurrent … Continue reading Temporomandibular disorders – TMJ and Lyme Disease