Migraine Help May Be Just a Dental Check Up Away: An Article About the NTI - Tss

Do you suffer from severe pain attacks associated with persistent headaches? Do you clench or grind your teeth while asleep? Is your head or scalp painful to the touch? Do you experience neck or shoulder pain? If so, help for your headache may be just a dental checkup away.

A whopping 23 million Americans suffer from migraines, according to the American Migraine Study. Up to one-half of that number are undiagnosed sufferers. Those who have been medically diagnosed expend exorbitant amounts of energy and financial resources to alleviate pain, as reported in Healthy Living News. And there is no telling the amount of money people who are undiagnosed spend on over-the-counter medications.

Because many people who suffer migraines do not seek medical treatment from dental practitioners, they remain unaware that nocturnal clenching could be the culprit. Unbeknown to many is the vigorous claim that migraine patients grind or clench their teeth while asleep - clenching with as much as 14 times the intensity of the typical sleeper. The problem with clenching is that it serves as a trigger for migraines, according to the Headache Prevention website.

The NTI-tss website explains the theory this way, migraines occur when the sensory nucleus, (the main center for sensation reception), demonstrates a hypersensitivity to stimuli. Part of the body's response to the stimuli (triggers) can be in the form of chemical secretions that irritate and inflame arteries surrounding the brain. Triggered pain sensors in the brain result in migraine pain.

But a trip to the dentist may remedy that. A dental device known as the Nociceptive Trigeminal Inhibition Tension Suppression System (NTI-tss) is fitted over the bottom central front teeth and prevents contact between the molars and canines. The device reduces the clenching during sleep, thereby reducing the frequency of pain attacks.