NTI causes an arch to your jaw?......i dont believe it myself..but....

ive been recommending the NTI to people often on this website
consisting of forums for patients, and there usually is alot of people
wanting to bite my head off with warnings from their own doctors
warnings. This one reply lately was pretty weird about this ladys
"orthopedic surgeon"(didnt realize they were experts in TMD), and I
thought maybe it would interest somebody here.........ok, here it
is................>




Hi,
I was going to get one to until I mentioned it to my Orthopedic
Surgeon that just did surgery on my shoulder and he told me it all
depends on how you grind your teeth at night. On your front teeth or
flat on your back bite. If you do on your back teeth, he said "do not
get one" as after awhile you will develop and abnormal arch to your
jaw that will be permanent and cause you even more problems. This
surgeon I would send my mother to he is so good! The best I have ever
run into. I have known him for 3 years now and everything he has ever
told me or advised me on has come true. I even took a couple of
friends with me of late for post op appts and they said they would go
to him in a heart beat! TMJ is hard enough with out ruining the
jawbone with an arch in it on top of it. I am sticking with my normal
full mouth guard I had my dentist make me. When you grind it is 2000
pds of pressure on a normal bite while clinching, grinding and I can
see if you only had a front plate to apply that kind of pressure to
over time you could do perm damage to the bone structure. Example:
braces, and other appliances worn can change your jaw shape and move
teeth.
I wish you all well with this horrible pain.
With love,
Willow54
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