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Re: Detroit area patient requests help (at DentalCom)
| Sue | 27 Sep 2005 14:44 |
Send the patient here, and we will discuss it with her/him. No sense
going
into detail for the sake of someone who will never read the replies.
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Amatus
Amatus,
Is it ok if I relay this information to this patient (without copying
your post) ..
That: You, (a dentist. undisclosed name) are willing to answer his
question if he comes to this Sci med link?
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.med.dentistry/browse_frm/thread/3e79f22762706
df2/b725d4b37cc09db0#b725d4b37cc09db0
Respectfully,
Sue
P.S. I am going to give him the allexperts and also the dentistry.com
links as well. Between the 3 of us on Dentalcom we may be able to keep
up with patient questions/referrals!
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| Amatus Cremona | 27 Sep 2005 11:36 |
>Finally, my dentist has
> mentioned using a machine that employs some new technology for
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> situation (preferably, but not necessarily in the Detroit area) I
> would really appreciate it.
Send the patient here, and we will discuss it with her/him. No sense going
into detail for the sake of someone who will never read the replies.
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Amatus
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> Occlusal Discomfort
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> Grabbed from www.dentalcom.net by Joel |
| Joel M. Eichen | 27 Sep 2005 10:34 |
Occlusal Discomfort
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I'm looking for anyone who can give me advice regarding the extreme
discomfort that I have been experiencing because I cannot "find my
bite". I went to a dentist a couple of months ago for mild but chronic
jaw pain. He added some length to my canine teeth which helped a great
deal. When I next visited him he made an occlusal adjustment by
grinding down a number of molars. This changed my bite causing a great
deal of discomfort. Over the next two months he prepared a couple of
bite splints and other plastic appliances some of which gave mild
relief, some none at all. I am not sure where this therapy is going.
My understanding from reading literature is that bite splint therapy
is the first step to be followed by more permanent treatment such as
braces or occlusal adjustments. It appears that my dentist is doing it
backwards. In the meantime I am finding it more and more difficult to
deal with my bite and find myself focusing on this problem to the
exclusion of everything else in my life. Finally, my dentist has
mentioned using a machine that employs some new technology for
measuring jaw muscle length - I believe it is a K7 machine related to
the Las Vegas Institute. If anyone can give me some information
regarding such procedures or a specialist with whom I can discuss this
situation (preferably, but not necessarily in the Detroit area) I
would really appreciate it.
DISCLAIMER:
Grabbed from www.dentalcom.net by Joel
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