About Face Forward with Dr. Tim Betita: Answers about Oral and Facial Surgery
Is your jaw pain something nobody can figure out? 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 doctors get wrong about jaw pain and tooth loss and shows you exactly what a real path forward looks like.
If you've been dismissed, misdiagnosed, or told to just live with it, you're in the right place.
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Most Dentists Tell Patients Over 70 They Can't Get Implants. They're Wrong.
📌 Learn more: https://dentalimplantsgps.com/ If you are over 80 and someone told you that you cannot get dental implants, listen closely. That is not a medical verdict. It is often just a sign that a particular office did not have the training or tools to make it work for you. In this episode, I'm going to explain why older patients get turned away so often, what a complete implant evaluation actually looks like, and how you can tell whether the no you received was a real answer or an incom...
23 Jul 2026
If My Jaw Started Popping and Clicking, Here's Exactly What I'd Do First
📌 Learn more: https://dentalimplantsgps.com/ If my jaw started clicking tomorrow, I know exactly what I would do first. Most people do nothing. They wait, they Google it, and they hope it goes away on its own. That is the mistake that turns an easy fix into a hard one. In this episode, I'm going to explain what's actually happening inside your jaw joint when it clicks, walk you through a simple self-assessment you can do tonight, and show you the one step almost nobody takes before their fi...
16 Jul 2026
Dentures vs. Full Arch Implants: I've Watched Both Play Out. Here's What I'd Choose
📌 Learn more: https://dentalimplantsgps.com/ Dentures or full arch implants. I have placed both. I have watched both play out over years and decades in real patients. This is not a marketing comparison. This is what I actually see when patients come back years later. In this episode, I'm going to break down what dentures and full arch implants actually do inside your body over time, where each one falls short, and which one I recommend and why. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Dentures vs. Full Ar...
9 Jul 2026
Diagnosed With TMJ? Watch This Before You Agree to Surgery
📌 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 this diagnostic loop more than anyone else, and what a complete explanation of your situation should actually look l...
2 Jul 2026
5 Signs Your Implants May Be Failing Right Now. Here Is How to Know. (And What to Do About It)
📌 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 dental implants may be failing, and for each one give you a specific question to ask yourself so you ...
25 Jun 2026
Braces Keep Getting Recommending for TMJ Problems. It Doesn't Work. Here's Why.
📌 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 doesn't resolve jaw pain, how to tell whether your problem is inside the joint or in the surrounding muscle...
18 Jun 2026
What Happens Inside Your Body When a Missing Tooth Goes Unreplaced
📌 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 what happens inside your body when a missing tooth goes unreplaced, why most dental visits never addre...
11 Jun 2026
The Biggest Lie in Implant Surgery (And What To Do Instead)
📌 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 know this is a decision at all. In this episode, I'm going to walk you through exactly what the standard surgical approach...
4 Jun 2026
I'm an Oral Surgeon. Surgery Is Almost Never My First Answer
📌 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 reconstructed, and you're not sure whether that's actually true, this video is for you. After treating t...
4 Jun 2026
You Don't Have TMJ. You Have One of These Two Things Instead
📌 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 treated for the wrong one. In this episode, I'm going to walk you through a 6-question screening that tells you ...
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