Headaches/TMJ
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The Food and Drug Administration
recently approved the use of the
NTI Tension Suppression System (NTI-tss)
for the prevention and treatment
of medically diagnosed migraine
and migraine-associated
tension-type headache pain. We
have had tremendous success with
the NTI-tss in our office. The
FDA approval of this device is a
breakthrough for sufferers. |
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Our goal is to provide you with useful
information about the prevention of
headache and migraine headache. We are
very excited about the recent Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) approval of
the NTI-tss and the results of the most
recent studies. We recognize that
headache and migraine headache can have
devastating effects on individuals and
families and this device will give many
individuals their sought after relief
from pain and suffering.
How the NTI-tss works to prevent
headache and migraine headache:
Try this simple test: Clench your teeth
tightly together. You can actually feel
the sides of your face bulge out. That's
the temporalis muscle. Now place a
pencil between your front teeth and try
to clench again. You notice right away
that there is less force on the muscle.
That's how the appliance works to reduce
the intensity of clenching. With the
NTI-tss device in place, the intense
activity of the temporal muscle (which
closes and clenches the jaw) is
suppressed to less than 1/3 of maximum
by preventing any contacting of the back
molar teeth. By reducing this
neuromuscular activity, migraine pain is
reduced or prevented all together, as
well as the associated tension-type
headaches. Research has shown that teeth
clenching is a significant factor in
migraine pain. This is where a dentist
can really help. The NTI has been shown
to be a significant help as a migraine
preventative.
More than 23 million people older
than 12 years of age suffer severe
migraine headaches. The social and
economic impact of migraine is
staggering, with estimates approaching
$17.2 billion per year lost in
productivity.
Treatments for migraine headaches
typically involve drugs such as Imitrex®.
But now there is a promising new
treatment recently approved by the FDA
that uses no drugs. It's called the NTI
Suppression System (NTI-tss).
In clinical trials, the NTI-tss device
considerably reduced or eliminated
migraine and associated tension headache
pain. It is considered breakthrough
technology because there is no risk of
side effects compared to pharmaceutical
migraine treatments.
Patients who experience migraines
typically contract their temporal
muscles (which close and clench the jaw)
during sleep on average 14 times more
intensely than those who do not suffer
migraines. Typical sufferers awake
nearly every morning with varying
degrees of headache pain but have come
to accept it as normal and unremarkable.
The NTI-tss device is a small, removable
device that snaps onto the front teeth
only, which makes it easily tolerated
for people who have a gag reflex
problem. A dentist custom makes the
device in the office, usually in one
visit. The patient then wears it while
sleeping. There is a daytime device
available as well. With the NTI-tss
device in place, the intense activity of
the temporal muscles is reduced by 2/3
by preventing contact between the back
teeth. By reducing this neuromuscular
activity, migraine attacks are reduced
or prevented altogether, as well as the
associated tension-type headaches.
One NTI-tss trial compared the effect of
the device to a control device on
medically diagnosed migraine sufferers.
Each subject had at least 2 migraines
per month and was taking physician
prescribed Imitrex®.
After just eight weeks of using the
NTI-tss:
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There were no side-effects and no
new pain;
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82% of NTI-tss users had a 77%
average reduction in migraine
events;
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Imitrex® use was reduced by almost
50%
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Nausea episodes were reduced by 78%
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Light-sensitive episodes were
reduced by 66%
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Sound-sensitive episodes were
reduced by 68%
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