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08/04/2026

Jonathan's and my book received a fantastic Amazon review from a reader in the UK. It feels great to be able to help someone thousands of miles away that you don't know and never will:

Vita
5.0 out of 5 stars Empowering book and first step for all TMJD sufferers
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 December 2025
Format: Audiobook
This is an excellent book for people wanting to learn more about their TMJD, and how to go about treating the problem.

Firstly, it feels reassuring and empowering just to be understood, and to feel that you're not alone - an effect which the authors of the book strongly achieve.

Secondly, it offers practical and realistic information to help you grapple with the very NON ideal situations in which TMJD places you.

The author is honest, humble and comes across as genuinely helpful.

I appreciate the author's honesty about the situation; the good, the bad and the ugly. He doesn't pull the wool over your eyes but doesn't leave you stranded in the bright lights either.

The book is the closest I may come to some relief for some time (more in spirit than bodily as of now) although there are excellent self management and habit correction tips, too while you save up for further treatment). It is useful as an informative, empowering guide; a realistic assessment of where you stand, and a little beacon of of hope as to the future, and what you can do in the meantime while you save money and find the right specialists. It's something for everyone at various stages of their TMJD journey.

It calmed me down because I am a recent sufferer and initially I did not take my TMJD very well. It's hard when you live a pain-free life and then suddenly there's constant pain and it threatens to be with you always. I was lost, confused, desperate, hopeless and depressed. Now, I am less of those things and more empowered. I feel more an agent of control and less a victim of a chaos.

It is a rather costly web to untangle from, with so many potentially wrong twists and turns along the way, so I do also appreciate the practical tips on investigating dentists to see whether they are genuinely TMJD specialists because losing a lot of money (that's not plentiful) is hard, so losing it to the wrong doctor is even harder. The author is aware and armed with some practical tips for this conundrum and I am grateful for that.

Also the author goes into some detail about various TMJD causes as well as some useful information on sleep apnea which is another issue I am grappling with both for myself and a loved one.
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08/04/2026

Message to dentists; Want to expand your knowledge on proven treatment for TMD patients? This course is a great start. ICCMO.org, Atlanta, first weekend of October.

07/12/2026

My talented son!!!!

“Cow In A Fireld, Evening”, oil on wood, 20” x 24”

06/28/2026

This is fantastic news!

🎉 Big News for the Edna Theatre Restoration! 🎉
The Texana Arts Council is excited to announce that the Edna Theatre restoration project has officially been certified by the Texas Historical Commission to receive Texas Historic Preservation Tax Credits!

So what does that mean?

For every qualified dollar we invest in restoring the historic Edna Theatre, approximately 20% can be returned to the project in the form of state historic tax credits. Those credits can then be sold or transferred to investors, generating additional funding that goes right back into the restoration. Simply put, it allows every fundraising dollar to go even further.
This is a huge milestone because it strengthens our financial plan and makes the project much more attractive to funding partners and investors. Every step like this brings us closer to reopening the Edna Theatre as a vibrant destination for arts, entertainment, education, and community events.
Thank you to everyone who has supported this incredible journey. Together, we're preserving our history while building an exciting future!

05/12/2026

With Texana Arts Council – I just made it onto their weekly engagement list by being one of their top engagers 🎉

04/14/2026

I had the honor of writing the Preface for Amazon's newest book on Amazon.

“Biomechanical Brain – Rewiring Health from Teeth to Toes”

CONNECTING THE SILOS – Dr. Mac Lee DDS
TMJ—more correctly called TMD—is one of the most misunderstood
pain conditions in the world. It is misunderstood by the public, by
dentistry, by medicine, and by nearly every healthcare profession that
touches the pain patient.
Each health profession exists for a good reason. Each one treats a
specific part of the body. Each one has become highly refined and
specialized. But in becoming so specialized, they have lost focus of the
body as a whole. Each one work in silos.
The dentist focuses on the bite.
The chiropractor focuses on the spine.
The massage therapist focuses on muscles.
The medical doctor focuses on symptoms and disease.

Each sees only their piece of the puzzle.
But the pain patient does not live in pieces.
The hips, the spine—especially C1 and C2—the jaw, and the bite are all
part of one connected system. When one is out of alignment, the others
must compensate. When compensation becomes overload, pain begins.
This book is written by three healthcare providers who refuse to stay in
silos:
• A neuromuscular dentist
• A NUCCA chiropractor
• A massage therapist
All three reached the same conclusion from different directions:
You cannot fix chronic pain by treating only one part of the body.
My fifty years as a dentist, working on human beings, made me in awe
of the human body and all its miraculous strengths and weaknesses. As
I read the book for the first time, I could visualize and agree with the hip
as the foundation for a building. Any foundation that is twisted or
torqued is a sad beginning with a sad outcome over the years. As I read
more, I could see the need for the spine to be an integral part of the
body’s foundation. The name of the first two vertebrae, Atlas and Axis,
tells a very important fact; one holds the world, and the other lets it spin.
If they are not in perfect harmony, issues occur both up and down the
spine.
When thinking about how the bite is connected, I could visualize a truss,
the triangle of two joints and a bite, which helps stabilize the neck and
the hips. If a condyle is jammed backward, it shifts the bite, the triangle
becomes crooked, and the forces of the truss are no longer spread out
which forces the muscle to compensate by bracing. Just like a twisted
truss in a building, the load has to go somewhere, and something starts
to fail.
Real healing begins when the hip expert, the neck expert, and the bite
expert work together and not in silos. When alignment is restored from
the ground up, and a balanced bite is allowed to reinforce a balanced
body instead of fighting it, many pain patterns resolve that once seemed
mysterious including an “untreatable” condition called TMD.
This book is written for the patient who has been passed from office to
office with no clear answers. And it is written for the doctors who have
quietly felt there must be a better way, but were trained to stay in their
lane.

When silos soften, when respect replaces rivalry, and when different
hands work toward the same goal, the person in pain is no longer
caught in the middle, they finally become the center of care again.
That is the purpose of this book.

Dr. Mac Lee, DDS, FAGD, FICCMO
Author of Amazon books “TMJ Trifecta - Solving Your Pain Puzzle” and
“The Life Robbing Pain of TMD; Why Me?”

04/08/2026

Listen to the latest Podcast Episode AVAILABLE NOW! 🎙️ EP 41 - TMJ Pain Is NOT Just in Your Head | Guest: Dr. Priya Mistry of Open UP: A TMJ Discussion‼️ Watch the full video on YouTube! 📽️ Link in our Bio! 🔗

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03/29/2026

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03/21/2026

There are 40 TMJ Podcasts just waiting to be studied. This is a snippet of the latest one.

03/02/2026