headache relief
Did you know that 90% of all headaches and related head and neck pain are caused by TMJ (Temporomandibular Joint) disorders? More than 23 million people suffer from chronic headaches, which force them to miss more than 157 million workdays a year.
However, more than half of all sufferers never see a doctor, mistakenly believing that there is no treatment available. Dr. Bobbi Cecil uses the latest dental techniques to accurately diagnose and effectively treat TMJ disorder and its symptoms.
In many cases, Dr. Cecil can custom fit TMJ patients with the NTI Tension Suppression System (NTI-tss) device, which when worn over a period of time can eliminate many of the symptoms associated with TMJ. The NTI-tss device is FDA approved for the treatment of medically diagnosed migraine pain, as well as migraine associated tension-type headaches.
Click here to visit the NTI-tss website to learn more about this incredible device!
Call the Right Touch Dental Center staff today for more information, or to make an appointment with Dr. Cecil to talk about relieving your headaches.
More Headache Facts...
Jaw clenching muscles of migraine suffers are 70% larger in volume and generate significantly higher bite forces than control subjects. (Muscles enlarge and strengthen resulting from habitual intense exercise) (1,2)
Migraine sufferers who experience headaches soon after or upon waking show significant evidence of nocturnal jaw clenching (3).
Pericranial tenderness (soreness of the muscles of the scalp upon palpation) is present in every migraine and tension-type headache sufferer, while absent in controls (4) . (Pericranial tenderness results from over work of a muscle, i.e., jaw clenching during sleep)
Tension-type headache patients contract their temporalis muscles (clench their jaw) during sleep, on average, 14 times more intensely that asymptomatic controls (5).
Simple minimal voluntary jaw-clenching (of less than 30% of maximum effort) for 30 minutes (with two rest periods) still results in a headache for 63% of migraine sufferers (6). Jaw clenching during sleep can frequently exceed voluntary maximum (7).
A traditional dental mouthpiece can allow for clenching intensity and resultant symptoms to perpetuate or intensify (8,9).
A device which prevents molar and canine tooth contacts reduces clenching intensity to 1/3 of maximum (10).
The NTI-tss, which prevents molar and canine tooth contact while being worn during sleep, provides a 77% average reduction in migraine pain episodes for 82% of migraine sufferers (11).
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