Painful, aching jaw? Sore, sensitive teeth? Stiff neck? Tension headaches? Morning headaches? What does clenching my teeth have to do with these problems?
The high intensity contractions of the powerful jaw muscles become painful and the forces generated cause pain to surrounding tissues, joints, and other muscles.
What can we do to help?
In one office visit we can create a custom-made NTI-tss.  The tiny, clear-plastic device fits over your top two front teeth. You only wear the NTI while you sleep at night. It makes clenching virtually impossible. In a few days or weeks, your clenching reflex is suppressed. Morning headache pain, neck pain, sore jaws, and other related pain associated with involuntary intense clenching usually begins to resolve and disappear.
With the NTI-tss, we can begin to solve the real problem: actually preventing your back teeth from clenching intensely and coming into contact with each other. Stop intense clenching, stop the source of the pain.
When can I expect relief?
Within a few hours to a few weeks; it all depends. Many patients report significant relief overnight, others usually within a month. Your highly trained clenching muscles have to un-learn their intense activity, and the time it takes to accomplish this varies from patient to patient.
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