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

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Is your jaw pain something nobody can figure out? Have you been to oral surgeon after oral surgeon with nothing to show for it? Were you told you're not a candidate for implants and sent home with no real plan? Dr. Tim Betita is a board-certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon and physician who has treated thousands of TMJ and full arch dental implant patients across Southern California. He trained as both a dentist and a medical doctor, has performed thousands of jaw and implant surgeries, and now trains other surgeons in the procedures he pioneered. On this podcast he breaks down what most...

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Diagnosed With TMJ? Watch This Before You Agree to Surgery 09.07.2026 12:22

📌 Learn more: https://dentalimplantsgps.com/ 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...

5 Signs Your Implants May Be Failing Right Now. Here Is How to Know. (And What to Do About It) 02.07.2026 15:33

📌 Learn more: https://dentalimplantsgps.com/ 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...

Braces Keep Getting Recommending for TMJ Problems. It Doesn't Work. Here's Why. 25.06.2026 17:54

📌 Learn more: https://dentalimplantsgps.com/ 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 do...

What Happens Inside Your Body When a Missing Tooth Goes Unreplaced 18.06.2026 14:16

📌 Learn more: https://dentalimplantsgps.com/ 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 wh...

The Biggest Lie in Implant Surgery (And What To Do Instead) 11.06.2026 12:49

📌 Learn more: https://dentalimplantsgps.com/ 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 kn...

I'm an Oral Surgeon. Surgery Is Almost Never My First Answer 04.06.2026 11:28

📌 Schedule a consultation: https://www.niguelcoastoralsurgery.com/contact-our-oral-surgeons-dana-point-ca/ 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 recon...

You Don't Have TMJ. You Have One of These Two Things Instead 04.06.2026 17:28

📌 Learn more: https://dentalimplantsgps.com/ 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 t...