Why Choose Minnesota
Craniofacial Center?
You’ll find more than just innovative, specialty services here. You’ll feel like you’re the only patient that matters. Compassion and skill guide our care as we not only treat symptoms but dig deeper to uncover the root cause.
Our holistic approach recognizes that every system in your body is interconnected. When you aren’t sleeping well, your pain is amplified. When you aren’t breathing properly, you have trouble focusing. Having successfully treated thousands of patients with TMD, orofacial pain, and sleep breathing disorders, we go above and beyond to understand the why. Then we build a personalized treatment plan so you can finally feel like your best you.
ConditionsWe Treat.
TMJ Disorders
TMJ Disorders are a common type of orofacial pain. Your temporomandibular joints (TMJ) connect your jaw to your skull for chewing, speaking, and everyday function. Inflammation or dysfunction in these joints leads to TMD. Common symptoms include jaw pain, migraine-like headaches, pressure behind the eyes, clicking or popping when opening and closing your mouth, neck and ear pain, morning soreness and stiffness, and difficulty chewing. Our specialists have years of experience delivering effective TMD treatments.
Therapeutic Laser Treatments
Orofacial Pain
Painful conditions affecting your jaw, head, neck, and face can include migraines and other headaches, neuropathic pain, tooth pain (non-dental related), and sleep-related breathing issues. Symptoms are often unique from person to person and may include jaw pain, headaches, neck and facial discomfort, pressure around the eyes and ears, and neurovascular pain. A thorough exam is essential to discovering the true cause of your symptoms and creating a personalized plan for relief.
Sleep Apnea and Snoring
Obstructive Sleep Apnea can be a serious condition where you stop breathing repeatedly throughout the night. This deprives the brain of oxygen and disrupts restorative sleep. Common signs are snoring, daytime fatigue, difficulty concentrating, moodiness, high blood pressure, and waking up groggy. Children can suffer from it too, and they experience different symptoms, including mouth breathing, hyperactivity, night terrors, poor attention span, and stunted growth.
SpecializedTreatments.
Therapeutic & Regenerative Injections
Injection therapy can target the source of pain and support healing in the muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves, and TM joints. Depending on your condition, treatment may include diagnostic and therapeutic nerve blocks; regenerative options such as prolotherapy and platelet-rich fibrin (PRF), with or without added exosomes, to encourage natural healing; or Botox in select cases.
Therapeutic Laser Treatments
Targeted laser therapy can effectively manage pain, decrease inflammation, and stimulate healing. Cold laser therapy is effective for releasing tissue restrictions, relieving TMD-related pain, and treating soft tissue issues like canker sores or cold sores. With no downtime and quick recovery, this minimally invasive treatment is often used alongside other therapies to enhance results.
SphenoCath®
This cutting-edge, minimally invasive treatment delivers local anesthesia to the sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG), which is a nerve cluster deep in your nasal passages linked to migraines and headaches. We insert a small catheter through your nostril to block pain signals at the SPG for quick relief.
Pediatric Sleep & Airway Treatment
COMING SOON!
Oral appliance therapy isn’t just for adults. We’re excited to soon offer a new FDA-cleared oral appliance for children and teens ages 6–17 with snoring and mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea—designed with growth and development in mind.
AIOMEGA® also offers customized options for adults and athletes.
Nuvola Aligners
Beyond a straighter smile, nuvoia aligners are designed with your airway, jaw, and overall oral health in mind. These clear aligners work discreetly to gradually shift your teeth into alignment while supporting better breathing and reducing TMJ pain. Comfortable, removable, and virtually invisible, they’re a convenient solution for patients seeking a straighter smile without compromising their health or lifestyle.
“I strongly recommend”
The MN Craniofacial Center has done an amazing job getting my teeth grinding under control. I no longer grind my teeth at night and wake up refreshed without any pain. The staff is great, they all are knowledgeable, kind, and fit me with the best possible appliance. Dr. Ledderman, Shelby, Genove, Li and everyone I meet takes great care of me. Thank you! I strongly recommend them to everyone in need of any type of mouth guard, braces, or special needs with their teeth. They are the best!!!!
FeelYour Best.
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