WARNING: CROSSPOSTING MY OWN POST.
This is what I wrote on DC.  Maybe the pt will come here. -Sue

Dear crayolacrands,

Your question has been posted here (Sci Med detnistry forum) as well.

http://groups.google.com/group/sci.med.dentistry

See---> Detroit area patient requests help (at DentalCom) by Joel M.
Eichen - 2 new of 5 messages - 4 authors

Please check this link. Register and say hello there. You will see your
question. The dentists located there would like to help you as well.
Both of these sites are dedicated to help patients with their concerns.

Respectfully,

Sue (non-dentist)
Ps I am posting this link to see if those dentists will come here to
help, but most are resigned to keep their responses limited to the Sci
med usenet group.

Other links dedicated to help patients online that you may want to try
are:

All experts dentistry --->
http://www.allexperts.com/getExpert.asp?Category=966

http://www.dentistry.com (click on the message boards)

We would be glad to offer our 2¢, but it would be easier for
the patient to come to 'us' instead of 'us' moving over to another
site.

We just don't have time to go straighten out every place on the net.

;-)

Dartos

Dentalcom thread:

http://www.dentalcom.net/forum/showthread.php?p=16343#post16343

-Sue

Amatus,

"It is the
copying and pasting of quotes that gets people excited."

Reply. Thanks .  I understand.

"But, Joel was the one who was contacted by the patient.?"

Reply. No.  Dentalcom was contacted by this patient.  And I have been a
member of Dcom since its inception.

Joel is looking for more dentists' input.  We do not wish to have
Dentalcom members perceived as "apathetic" towards patients'
questions/concerns. Since I am not a dentist, I cannot answer this
patient's Qs.  I would like to help expedite this transfer of
information more quickly than waiting for Joel to respond.

And I know Joel would not mind.  It all about helping other people when
we can; that is all.  So I intend to post the links I mentioned.  Later
Joel can comment more when he can (as a dentist on Dcom).

Joel and I are on similar wavelengths when it comes to this. I know he
will not mind.

-Sue

But, Joel was the one who was contacted by the patient.?.

Ideas, information, that kind of stuff is for sharing everywhere.  It is the
copying and pasting of quotes that gets people excited.

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!

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.

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