Face Forward with Dr. Tim Betita: Answers about Oral and Facial Surgery

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If my jaw started clicking tomorrow, I know exactly what I would do first. Most people do nothing. They wait, they Google it, and they hope it goes away on its own. That is the mistake that turns an easy fix into a hard one.

In this episode, I'm going to explain what's actually happening inside your jaw joint when it clicks, walk you through a simple self-assessment you ca...

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Dentures or full arch implants. I have placed both. I have watched both play out over years and decades in real patients. This is not a marketing comparison. This is what I actually see when patients come back years later.

In this episode, I'm going to break down what dentures and full arch implants actually do inside your body over time, where each one falls short, and wh...

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There's a question I hear from almost every woman who comes to see me after seeing two or three other providers first. It's not whether she needs surgery. It's why nobody could ever explain what was actually happening to her jaw.

In this episode, I'm going to break down why the word TMJ is often just a label, why women get stuck in this diagnostic loop more than anyone els...

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Something still feels off after your dental implants, and you are not imagining it. The problem is that most of these warning signs get explained away until they become something much harder to fix. Catching them early is the difference between a simple adjustment and a full revision.

In this episode, I'm going to walk you through five signs your dental implants may be fai...

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You spent months in braces. Maybe years. Your jaw still hurts. Clicking, headaches, pain radiating into your ear or temple.

Someone told you fixing your bite would take pressure off your jaw joint. It didn't. That treatment was never going to fix what was actually driving the pain.

In this episode, I'm going to show you why bite correction doesn't resolve jaw pain, ...

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Most people who lose a tooth assume the hard part is over once it heals. The socket closes, the gums look fine, and life moves on.

What almost nobody tells you is that the moment that tooth comes out, something starts happening underneath the gum line that has nothing to do with your smile.

In this episode, I'm going to walk you through exactly what happens inside y...

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Almost everything you've read about full arch dental implants tells you what you're getting. Almost nothing tells you what you're losing. And what you're losing is something that cannot be fully restored once it's gone.

You came in to fix your teeth. You may be leaving with less jaw than you arrived with. Most patients never know this is a decision at all.

In this e...

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I am a dentist, a physician, and a surgeon. I trained for over a decade to operate on patients with the most severe cases. And I'm going to tell you right now that surgery is never where I start.

If you've been told you need something removed, something replaced, or something reconstructed, and you're not sure w...

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Most TMJ diagnoses are technically wrong. Not because your pain isn't real, but because "TMJ" is just the name of the joint. It tells you where the pain is, not what is actually causing it. Two completely different problems live in that region with opposite treatments, and if no one has separated them for you, you are very likely being treated for the wrong one.

In this ep...