To determine the cause of your pain, render a proper diagnosis, offer appropriate state of the art treatment and exceptional customer service. Our initial focus is to effectively relieve pain, followed by restoration of function, and lastly provide a home program to maintain your stability long term.
Dr. Walz is the director of Central Illinois Center for TMJ and Sleep Apnea. He is an honors graduate of Illinois State University, class of 1976. He is an honors graduate of the University of Illinois College of Dentistry, class of 1981. Having completed extensive continuing education in TMJ, Orofacial Pain and Sleep Apnea, Dr. Walz continues to stay up to date with ongoing research, studies and training. Dr. Walz has been providing treatment of Orofacial Pain, TMJ Disorders and dental sleep disorders for 38 years. He has treated over ten thousand patients in his career and has lectured on this topic to medical, dental and chiropractic associations. Dr. Walz is board certified by the American Board of Orofacial Pain.
As a staff, we pride ourselves on exceptional customer service. We realize that the majority of our patients are dealing with pain or sleep issues that are affecting their everyday life. We genuinely want to help each patient feel better. We enjoy taking our time getting to know each patient, helping Dr. Walz execute the perfect, individualized treatment plan and, most of all, following our patients through treatment as their issues continue to improve.
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Rating 3.5 out of 5 based on 6 reviews
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2 years ago
Worst experience at dentist ever.
Kristen
2 years ago
Dr. Walz has been treating my TMJ, facial pain, headaches, and migraines since 2015. Without him and his office, my quality of life would be substantially less. I will always be grateful for his care, it has changed my life.
Kristen
3 years ago
Dr. Walz has been treating my TMJ, facial pain, headaches, and migraines since 2015. Without him and his office, my quality of life would be substantially less. I will always be grateful for his care, it has changed my life.
Faith Abel
3 years ago
Saw him years ago, my jaw locked open during his care, he did nothing and told me to keep wearing the appliances regardless, I got worse and had horrible symptoms from it that I had to try and deal with while working, he doesn't or never explained the correlation between the jaw and whole body like I later learned, he was the beginning of my downfall of why I'm now no longer able to work or function, another cookie cutter tmj dr that doesn't know what he's doing nor have compassion for the patient,tmj treatment should not be cookie cutter or limited into only looking at the jaw itself, it was also weird when he would spend very little time with me, then go in a room and shut the door with his assistant after giving her lingo I didn't understand while looking at me, then he would come back shortly after, and basically send me on my way, I went to him many yrs ago in his normal il office, if he's still treating tmj, I hope he has, educated himself more, if not, beware, especially if you're a more complex case, he didn't help me,made me worse.
Faith Abel
4 years ago
Saw him years ago, my jaw locked open during his care, he did nothing and told me to keep wearing the appliances regardless, I got worse and had horrible symptoms from it that I had to try and deal with while working, he doesn't or never explained the correlation between the jaw and whole body like I later learned, he was the beginning of my downfall of why I'm now no longer able to work or function, another cookie cutter tmj dr that doesn't know what he's doing nor have compassion for the patient,tmj treatment should not be cookie cutter or limited into only looking at the jaw itself, it was also weird when he would spend very little time with me, then go in a room and shut the door with his assistant after giving her lingo I didn't understand while looking at me, then he would come back shortly after, and basically send me on my way, I went to him many yrs ago in his normal il office, if he's still treating tmj, I hope he has, educated himself more, if not, beware, especially if you're a more complex case, he didn't help me,made me worse.
Karyn Nielsen
7 years ago
The care that I continue to receive by Dr. Jack Walz and his staff has exceeded my expectations. I was initially referred to Dr. Jack by my primary dentist when I began experiencing limited opening abilities and locked jaw. Over the course of my treatment, I have hit several bumps in the road that have set my recovery time back, but Dr. Jack continues to work with me and customize his treatment to fit my lifestyle. I have seen considerable improvement now that I am back on track and am well on my way to having a perfectly functioning jaw. I am impressed by the care that I have received and his staff is nothing but amazing! If anyone is dealing with TMJ or related issues, I would most definitely see Dr. Jack Walz. He is dedicated to his patients and will go above and beyond to help in any way he can.
Karyn Nielsen
8 years ago
The care that I continue to receive by Dr. Jack Walz and his staff has exceeded my expectations. I was initially referred to Dr. Jack by my primary dentist when I began experiencing limited opening abilities and locked jaw. Over the course of my treatment, I have hit several bumps in the road that have set my recovery time back, but Dr. Jack continues to work with me and customize his treatment to fit my lifestyle. I have seen considerable improvement now that I am back on track and am well on my way to having a perfectly functioning jaw. I am impressed by the care that I have received and his staff is nothing but amazing! If anyone is dealing with TMJ or related issues, I would most definitely see Dr. Jack Walz. He is dedicated to his patients and will go above and beyond to help in any way he can.
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