05/12/2026
May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month. And there is a connection most Lyme patients never hear about.
Your jaw.
Specifically, a condition called a cavitation. When a tooth is extracted, the bone socket is supposed to fully regenerate. In patients with immune dysregulation, sometimes it does not. The result is an area of poorly vascularized, ischemic bone. Dead tissue. Trapped toxins. A chronic low-grade infection sitting silently in your jaw.
The Borrelia bacteria that causes Lyme thrives in low-oxygen environments.
Cavitations are exactly that. For many patients who have completed treatment and still feel unwell, an undetected jaw infection may be continuously reactivating their immune response.
The problem is that cavitations do not appear on standard 2D dental X-rays. Without 3D cone beam imaging, they are essentially invisible. Patients are routinely told their jaw looks fine.
At TetraHealth, our team is trained in identifying cavitations and oral focal infections associated with Lyme disease. Using KaVo OP 3D cone beam imaging, we see what standard X-rays miss. If a cavitation is found, treatment follows a precise biologic protocol using PRF therapy and medical grade ozone. No antibiotics. Full follow-up imaging to confirm healing.
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Your jaw may be part of the answer.
Manhattan + Greenwich.
