Friday, June 1, 2007

Dental Device Can Prevent Migraines

More than 28 million Americans suffer from migraine headaches but there may be new hope for them.

Some think headaches are tension or sinus-related but doctors said there is a chance your headaches are migraines.

There is now a device approved by the Federal Drug Administration to treat the problem.

It's called an NTI Tension Suppression Device, which is typically worn to bed. The hard plastic mouthpiece fits only on the front four teeth and prevents movement.

Most dentist offices can make it in under an hour.

"I had had migraines for several years and we couldn't pinpoint what was causing them," Kristen Queen, a migraine sufferer, said.

Queen said the dental device fitted to her mouth calmed her aching head when medications couldn't.
In clinical trials reviewed by the FDA, 82 percent of migraine sufferers had a 77 percent reduction in migraines within the first eight weeks.

"We can cut down on the number of migraine headaches, the frequency and severity of the migraine headaches," Dr. Greg Ellis,
a dentist, said...

More than 28 million Americans suffer from migraine headaches but there may be new hope for them.

Some think headaches are tension or sinus-related but doctors said there is a chance your headaches are migraines.

There is now a device approved by the Federal Drug Administration to treat the problem.

It's called an NTI Tension Suppression Device, which is typically worn to bed. The hard plastic mouthpiece fits only on the front four teeth and prevents movement.

Most dentist offices can make it in under an hour.

"I had had migraines for several years and we couldn't pinpoint what was causing them," Kristen Queen, a migraine sufferer, said.

Queen said the dental device fitted to her mouth calmed her aching head when medications couldn't.

In clinical trials reviewed by the FDA, 82 percent of migraine sufferers had a 77 percent reduction in migraines within the first eight weeks.

"We can cut down on the number of migraine headaches, the frequency and severity of the migraine headaches," Dr. Greg Ellis, a dentist, said…


To see full article:
http://www.nbc10.com/health/13421532/detail.html

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