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.

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