I went to Minnesota Craniofacial Center as a referral from my dentist back in 2023. The doctor I…read moresaw for my consultation and first initial appointments was very nice and laid out a treatment plan for me that she assured me would help my TMD. What the X-rays showed was my left TMJ had a misalignment and I was told that being fitted with an appliance, taking some cortisone shots for the pain, which actually did help! As well as doing a course of physical therapy exercises would re-align my jaw into the right position in the joint. The first few appointments went well, but the issues started when I came in for an appointment and I asked where the doctor I had started my treatment with was and they told me that she was no longer there, or no longer worked there, I don't remember exactly what they told me but as I understood it the doctor I had initially seen was no longer at the clinic. I wasn't sure what to do, I kept up with my treatment and went from wearing my appliance 24/7 to slowly working toward only wearing it at night. The treatment cost me $4,000 out of pocket because I was told they aren't covered by my insurance... which after reading some other reviews on this clinic, makes me very skeptical and concerned, and once I had finished the treatment plan it felt as though the follow-up appointments were completely pointless. I would go in and see someone different each time, so I had to explain what was going on to a new person over and over, they would test my bite, adjust the appliance, tell me to do some stretches and that was it. Each of these visits cost me over $300 each time. I was telling them that even though the pain was mostly gone I was still grinding my teeth, still having terrible tension in my jaw and that I had developed a gap, or malocclusion, on the right side of my mouth after doing their treatment. All they would offer is some stretches and more cortisol shots... no one seemed to really have an answer. In regards to the gap on my right side, they would adjust my appliance to be wider on the right side, so my appliance was not even... I strongly believe they caused the gap to develop by incorrectly adjusting my appliance. I had to pay off the $4,000 over the course of two years and only now am I able to seek alternative treatment because of the financial burden I was under due to all of this. They didn't solve my TMD like I was promised, they charged me $4k in a very strange situation where I was sat down with Genivive and told the cost and all the stuff about insurance not covering it, it felt so coercive and I was dealing with so much pain I was desperate to solve the problem... I truly wish I had waited to start treatment and gotten a second and third opinion before sinking so much money into this place with barely any results. I still deal with pain, much less severe than before so at least they did something, I still grind my teeth at night, I still have clicking and locking issues with my jaw and awful muscle tension, and they gave me a new issue to figure out with the malocclusion on my right side. I now have been talking with an oral surgeon and an orthodontist on how we can solve these issues, or at least improve them and make sure my jaw is in a healthier state. I will need some surgical intervention now, possibly an osteotomy but I will avoid that as much as I can. Be very wary of this business, do not let them push a treatment on you and get several other opinions before committing to their treatment. The fact that my insurance does indeed have TMJ care coverage and they told me my insurance wouldn't cover their services is very suspicious to me.