Jaw pain, finally understood.One plan, built around you.TMJ care in Tampa.

Jaw pain, clicking, headaches, a jaw that locks. Dr. Leon listens to your whole story, finds what is behind it, and builds one plan from a full range of care for the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and temporomandibular disorders (TMD).

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Comprehensive TMJ evaluation

A detailed look at the whole picture, with in-office 3D imaging when it helps, so your plan starts from real answers.

A full range of TMJ care

Custom appliances, injectable PRF, neuromodulators, in-office therapies, care after an accident or injury, and sleep and airway care. One plan, built around you.

Is it your jaw?

Have any of these symptoms? An evaluation can sort out what is coming from your jaw, and what to do about it.

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Where do you feel it?

Is it your jaw?

Symptoms that may be associated with TMD

These symptoms can have several causes. An evaluation helps determine whether TMD or another condition may be contributing. Tap an area to narrow the list.

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Have any of these symptoms? An evaluation can sort out what is coming from your jaw, and what to do about it.

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If you have sudden severe pain, swelling with fever, or you cannot close your mouth, seek urgent medical care.

About Tampa TMJ

“I don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all approach to TMJ care.” Dr. Doraida Leon takes the time to hear your story, looks at the bigger picture, and builds your plan around what she finds, in English or Spanish.

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Care in English and Spanish, from the doctor herself

Meet Dr. Leon
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Where care starts

Comprehensive evaluation

We start by looking at the whole picture: your health history, symptoms, jaw joints and muscles, teeth and bite, jaw movement, and posture. We also consider whether surrounding tissues or pain coming from another area may be involved. Treatment recommendations are based on your individual findings.
How the first visit works
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A full range of TMJ care

Custom appliances, injectable PRF, neuromodulators, in-office therapies, care after an accident or injury, and sleep and airway care. One plan, built around you.
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Our approach

We look at everything that can be driving your pain

Jaw pain and TMD can involve the joints, the muscles, the bite and function, and more. Your evaluation looks at each of them, so your plan is built on what is really going on.

Our approach
The jaw joint can click, catch or ache, and how it moves tells us a lot.

One plan, built around you, from a full range of TMJ care under one roof.

  • Comprehensive evaluation
  • Custom appliances
  • Injectable PRF
  • Neuromodulators (Botox)
  • In-office therapies
  • Care after an injury
  • Sleep and airway
  • Emface

Dr. Leon recommends what fits you after your evaluation, and explains why.

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Your first visit

What happens at your first visit

An unhurried visit with Dr. Leon herself. Her goal is for you to leave feeling heard, better informed, and clear on your next steps.

Dr. Leon looking up at a wall chart of the jaw muscles and the temporomandibular joint

Your first visit, step by step.

  1. Listen.Dr. Leon reviews your health history and symptom questionnaire with you. She asks when your symptoms began, how they affect your daily life, what makes them better or worse, and what you hope to improve.

  2. Examine.Dr. Leon examines your head, neck, face, and jaw, as well as the inside of your mouth. She checks your joints, muscles and surrounding soft tissues, teeth and bite; measures how your jaw moves; evaluates areas of tenderness; and assesses your posture. In-office iCAT 3D imaging is available and may be recommended based on your evaluation. It can provide a closer look at the jaw joints, teeth, and other structures captured in the scan, including the nasal passages and airway.

  3. Explain.Dr. Leon discusses her findings and what may be contributing to your symptoms in plain language, in English or Spanish.

  4. Plan.You'll discuss appropriate treatment options and next steps, with time to ask questions. If another evaluation or referral would be helpful, Dr. Leon will explain why.

Before you come inPlan for about an hour. Your visit may take longer if paperwork is incomplete or imaging or treatment takes place that day. The office emails your new-patient paperwork when you book. Please bring a copy of your ID or driver's license. If you are in significant pain, Dr. Leon will discuss whether conservative treatment can begin at your first visit following your evaluation and consent.

New at Tampa TMJ

Emface: relief for tight, painful jaw muscles, without needles

It is FDA-cleared for TMJ dysfunction and the pain that comes with it. Gentle radiofrequency warms the tissue and eases muscle spasm, while HIFES stimulation works the jaw muscles so they can move the way they should again.

A model wearing an Emface applicator over the jaw joint area, in front of the ear, beside the Emface unit.
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  • No needles, no surgery, no downtime
  • About 20 minutes a session, while you relax
  • You feel warmth and gentle muscle contractions, and you can stop anytime
  • Part of one plan, built by Dr. Leon after your evaluation
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From the blog

Answers about jaw pain and TMJ

Plain answers to the questions patients ask most.

Visit us on West Waters Avenue

Hours
Monday–Friday: 9:00 am⁠–⁠4:30 pm Saturday–Sunday: Closed Patient visits by appointment.
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We have parking available steps away from the front door.
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