Re: NTI failure continuedOn May 16, 7:53 pm, jerm <blown...@gmail,com > wrote:
> On May 15, 10:05 pm, jerm <blown...@gmail,com > wrote:
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> > I didn't read everything in detail, but if you never left the NTI
> > in for even one whole night, how could you deem it a failure?
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> > Nobody said getting control of extreme clenching was a piece of cake.
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> > Plus, just because a neurologist prescribed an NTI, all NTI's are
> > not alike and you may need to experiment a little on vertical
> > opening, slide bars, etc.
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> > The fact that the NTI changed your symptoms is actually a good
> > indication that you are on the right track with the clenching
> > being a large part of your problem.
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> > I don't think I've ever seen a clencher that could not be helped
> > with an NTI. I have seen a few patients who wouldn't let it
> > happen.
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> > If you are serious about dealing with your problem, give us a
> > basic geographical location and we might have a name in mind
> > for a referral.
> > ok look, i was a clencher in the first place then dislocated,tore,
> > injured, whatever my tmj. JIM BOYD made
> > me two devices not soon after. i wore it for almost three weeks, even
> > though i would wake up violently clenched down much harder than i
> > could imagine, and then deal with piercing pain in my jaw joints as
> > they would relax, and then the pain in both sides of my face was
> > unbelievable. i dont know if i was injured too soon to have the thing
> > or what, but it caused me incredible pain. after i stopped wearing the
> > thing, the nightmare earface pain headache that leveled me stayed for
> > a couple weeks. now almost a year later, im still dealing with
> > popping,grating, clenching and neck headaches and eyepain,face
> > tightness and spasms. nothing else is working, and im tempted to pop
> > it in again, but i am scared of that pain coming back. The professors
> > at UCLA also have nothing but bad things to say about the NTI, like it
> > can cause major injuries or whatever. I dont know , nobody believes my
> > pain, neurologists,dentist whatever.
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> ive also been told that because i have a joint that is popping and
> grating every few days, that i have some joint damage
> that could be made worse by using an NTI. Also, ive been informed that
> the NTI will help quickly, but after three weeks the pain will
> return.
> It just seems like all the muscles in the back of my head and neck, as
> well as my jaw have been in spasm for months, but nobody has given me
> any solution for this, except for buckets of pills that just make me
> tired. almost a year of this nightmare has been going on, and im
> afraid im either making things worse by doing nothing, or worse by
> wearing something like the NTI. what the heck do i do?
btw, im in huntington beach,ca orange county