WE WISH EVERYONE A "HEALTHIER NEW YEAR 2008".
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED ADVANCE THE TMJ/TMJD MISSION.
2007 was a very busy eventful time for the Foundation. We will be
sending along a fuller report after The New Year.
JJAMD, INC.
The Forsyth Institute
140 Fenway
Boston, MA 02115-3799
A 501(c)3 Non-Profit Advocacy Organization
Established in 1982 as America's Pioneer TMJ Advocacy Organization
"Life
revolves around the Jaw Joints in every motor and sensory activity, awake
or asleep, 24 hours a day."
"Our mission is manifold ----- but Prevention
is our passion!"
---Milton and Renée Glass
Co-Founders & Co-Presidents
Our Mission
JJAMD believes that TMJ is largely preventable through an appropriate
high quality program of awareness,
education, and research.
Promotes education at all levels on the importance
of healthy jaw joints and their relationship to total body health
Promotes the prevention of TMJ Disorders.
Fosters patient advocacy and encourages the formation of
TMJ self-help groups nationally.
Sponsors and conducts independent research from the Patients'
Perspective and advocates for basic scientific TMJ research.
Encourages the medical profession and medical research to
help resolve the "TMJ Dilemma" and to
"rejoin the jaw joints to all other joints in the body"
In a recent conversation, a TMJ Patient brought to our attention that he had made a donation to JJAMD for the Milton and Renée Glass Family TMJD Fellowship at Forsyth. He wondered why JJAMD had not acknowledged his donation.
GOOD NEWS: In the very short time since the implementation of our independent Fellowship in 2005, it has created a lot of enthusiastic support,
The complete story can be seen by clicking on the above link.
The TMJOINTS Website is a recipient of an IBS Tales Hope Award
The IBS Tales Hope Awards 2007 are currently being presented to websites that offer positive support and encouragement to anyone suffering from a chronic medical problem. In particular, the awards recognise websites that:
offer accurate information and resources for patients
encourage sufferers to search for new treatments and hope
refuse to accept inadequate medical advice or doctors who tell us to "learn to live with it"!
The 1996 NIH Technology Assessment Conference [TAC] synthesizes The TMJ Dilemma and succinctly
explains why JJAMD is unable to give specific medical/dental advice or referrals of any kind.
The Conference report noted the absence of any universally accepted scientifically proven
treatments and concluded that future advances in diagnosis and treatment requires
collaboration of multidisciplinary fields involving basic and applied
science and practice. The conference concluded "a Consensus must be developed
regarding the professional expertise needed to diagnosis and treat these
serious health problems." Here in 2002, there is still no significant
improvement in this situation. But we are happy to report that there are some
visible signs of positive changes happening, which is reported
out on this website under: "Current News."
Until such time as TMJ becomes an acknowledged discipline, science, and recognized medical/dental specialty for the diagnosis and treatment of TMJ……..
JJAMD WILL CONTINUE TO BE UNABLE TO GIVE PATIENTS SPECIFIC MEDICAL/DENTAL ADVICE OR REFERRALS OF ANY KIND
