Migraine
Prevention Breakthrough
The
field of migraine prevention therapy has been at somewhat
of a standstill. Although numerous drugs are now on the market
which are intended to subdue migraine pain after the attack
has already begun, preventing migraine has been less than
satisfactory.
However,
research has found one common factor to all migraine
and tension-type headache sufferers: tender and sore temple
and scalp muscles caused by intense and prolonged jaw clenching
during sleep. Not teeth grinding, but jaw clenching…and
there is a world of difference.
Established
research has shown:
- Jaw
clenching muscles of migraine suffers are 70% larger in
volume and generate significantly higher bite forces than
control subjects.
- Migraine
sufferers who experience headaches soon after or upon waking
show significant evidence of nocturnal jaw clenching.
- Tension-type
headache patients contract their temporalis muscles (clench
their jaw) during sleep, on average, 14 times more intensely
that asymptomatic controls.
 The
FDA has recently approved the first non-drug, no side-effect
method for migraine pain prevention, the NTI-tss, a small
and comfortable specialized mouthpiece which covers only
your upper two front teeth while you sleep.
The NTI-tss
must be custom fitted by a dentist. And why just the two front
teeth? Because that prevents the back molars and canine teeth
from coming into contact. Without those teeth contacting,
jaw clenching intensity is reduced by two-thirds!
In clinical
trials, 82% of migraine sufferers who used the NTI-tss for
eight weeks had a 77% average reduction in migraine attacks,
and were continuing to improve (details at the NTI-tss
web site). There were no side-effects or adverse results.
This is not to say the intense jaw clenching alone is the
cause of migraine, but does put research back on track.
So for
the best way to prevent migraine, instead of putting a pill
in your stomach, you put a device on your teeth!
For a
free consultation regarding the NTI-tss, Contact
Us.
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