On Mar 7, 1:29 pm, dionysus...@yahoo.com wrote:

Wow, it's really weird that I popped in here in time to see your
post.  I grind my teeth at night also.  I tried a long time ago to
wear a night guard I spent a small fortune to get.  I never could wear
the darned thing.  Now I have been having some dental problems and
have talked to dentists on the net who are suggesting a device called
NTI:  tension suppression system.  They tell me it's much better than
the old style night guard.  I am going to see a specialist later this
month and have one of these devices made.  I don't know if it's going
to help my tinnitus or not.  I do know that I am grinding my poor
teeth so badly that I have created little vertical cracks on my
teeth.  I need to get this fixed, but I need to stop the cause of the
cracks first.

I know that grinding your teeth can cause bad headaches.  Most of the
information I've seen on the NTI is about headache prevention.  I
figure if it helps with my tinnitus, it'll be icing on the cake.

I'll come back later this month and let you know if the NTI device
helps with my tinnitus.

Eva

On Mar 7, 1:29 pm, dionysus...@yahoo.com wrote:

Well, I don't know what happened.  I answered this post, but nothing
happened.

Anyway, I think there is indeed a relationship between grinding your
teeth and tinnitus.  How much, I'm not certain.  I tried a long time
ago to use a night guard, but I couldn't stand to wear the darned
thing.  It was big and clumsy, so I'd spit it out as soon as I fell
asleep.  I gave up on it for a long time.  Recently, I've been getting
some work done on my teeth, and the dentist showed me the vertical
cracks I'm making on my teeth with all that grinding.  So I'm going to
see a specialist who makes a new device called an NTI:  tension
suppression system.  I'm pretty sure it will be much easier to wear
since it's much smaller than the old fashioned night guard.  I'm doing
this to try to save my teeth.  I'm hoping that some relief from
tinnitus might be a nice side effect.  I don't know anything for
certain, but I'm going to give it a shot.  Google NTI and see what you
get.  I'll come back later this month and let you all know if it does
any good for my tinnitus.  It might take some time to work.

Eva

There is a big chance that there is a lot of muscle tension in your
body (also the next person who posted)
A guard on the teeth will protect your teeth to some degree.
But you will still grind your teeth with the teeth further apart.

Try the neck exercises at:
www.nismat.org/orthocor/programs/neck/neckex.html

Or try the exercise at:
http://www.ent-consult.com

On 3月8日, 上午4时29分, dionysus...@yahoo.com wrote:

Have you had a check on your spine?  I had many things checked in the
beginning except my spine in the neck but the ENT doctors, both online
and off-line, thought lightly of that possibilty.  In the subsequent
development of my T, it turned out that what had taken place in my
neck was most likely the 'cause'.  A compressed spine likely leads to
T, according to the clinical experiences of the doctors I went to.
And the phenomenon of a compressed spine is commonly observed amongst
the current generation of computer users and this phenomenon results
from prolonged periods of sitting in front of the computer with
inproper head posture.

Perhaps you may want to try out Murray's advice of blowing warm-hot
water at your neck while taking a shower and then turning it
GENTLY(using Murray's words) like looking at people behind you.  In
addition, you may want to check if the pillow you are using is too
high.

If you have evidence to suspect that your spine is at least part of
the culprit, you then know what to do next....I am sure.