jmitchell
05-27-2009, 05:26 PM
Has anyone had pretty severe grinding and popping in joints and been successfully treated with splint therapy or some other form of therapy other than surgery ? Will this feeling ever go away? My dentist hasn't really given me any hope and I'm looking for a new doc. Any suggestions of doctors in Northern IL..I would appreciate. I have one referral and looking for a couple more for options..
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pipdog
05-28-2009, 02:48 AM
I had clicking go away about a month into splint treatment and its stayed away.
Dentist increased the vertical dimension creating more space for the disc to recapture. I'm proof that the theory works!
Dentist increased the vertical dimension creating more space for the disc to recapture. I'm proof that the theory works!
PhilinCal
05-28-2009, 09:28 PM
Hi pipdog...may I ask how long your jaws were clicking when you began splint therapy? I am going on 5 weeks since I noticed this issue. Also did you click on side to side movement? I hear recapture is difficult if you are displaced to side more so than anteriorly. ty
pipdog
05-29-2009, 12:19 AM
Ty
My normal drill and fill dentist noticed that there was a clicking about 8 months before I started into splint therapy although I think it was developing well before this.
Yeah I was told that discs displaced to the side are harder to treat than when they go to the front. I had my scans read by two different radiologist, first said displaced to the side, the second said no displacement so it's not an exact science - you're kind of just going on opinions. Anyway I don't have clicking any more so I would say regardless of what they say about disc displacement direction a splint trial is worth it
Pipdog
My normal drill and fill dentist noticed that there was a clicking about 8 months before I started into splint therapy although I think it was developing well before this.
Yeah I was told that discs displaced to the side are harder to treat than when they go to the front. I had my scans read by two different radiologist, first said displaced to the side, the second said no displacement so it's not an exact science - you're kind of just going on opinions. Anyway I don't have clicking any more so I would say regardless of what they say about disc displacement direction a splint trial is worth it
Pipdog