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网曝门事件 Health dentist Jerome Sy-Siong, DDS, says that many headaches鈥攊ncluding migraines鈥攁re often caused by a misalignment of a person鈥檚 bite. And fixing the bite in a fast, noninvasive procedure can be all the treatment that鈥檚 needed.

Headache? What headache?

鈥淚n the 25 years I鈥檝e been treating patients, I noticed that a lot of them would complain of headaches with jaw pain, jaw stiffness, TMJ [temporomandibular joint] pain and TMJ clicking,鈥� says Dr. Sy-Siong. 鈥淏ut when I worked on their bite, the pain vanished. When they would return for a visit, I鈥檇 ask if their headaches were recurring, their answer would most often be, 鈥榃hat headaches?鈥欌��

According to Dr. Sy-Siong, when the upper and lower teeth normally come together in a bite, the left and right sides should touch at the same time. But if one side routinely makes contact first, this can put too much biting pressure on that side of the mouth鈥攐r even on just one tooth.

The jaw often tries to self-correct the problem by favoring, closing or functioning on the opposite side of the mouth or in a forward position.

鈥淭his self-correcting action of the jaw movement requires muscles to 鈥榦ver work鈥� or function. If those muscles are doing this 24/7, they get tired and start to go into spasm or cramp up,鈥� says Dr. Sy-Siong. 鈥淚t鈥檚 these tired muscles that are creating all that pain. These tired (often tender and tight) muscles are also involved in bruxism or night grinding.鈥�

According to Dr. Sy-Siong, an abnormal bite can cause many symptoms, including:

• Jaw muscle pain
• Headaches
• TMJ clicking
• Neck pain
• Tinnitus (ringing in the ears)
• Abnormal teeth wear
• Bruxism
• Clenching
• Broken fillings/ teeth
• Lock jaw
• Limited opening or movements of the jaws
• Difficulty chewing
• Restored, crowned, or virgin teeth that have pain or sensitivity
• Numbness of the jaw

Usually, the longer you鈥檝e had the problem, the more symptoms you鈥檒l have.

A short, simple fix

Diagnosing and fixing a 鈥渂ad鈥� or uneven bite is usually simple and direct.

鈥淭his procedure is the most conservative procedure you can do in dentistry,鈥� Dr. Sy-Siong says. 鈥淲e just put a special bite-marking paper in the patient鈥檚 mouth. Then we have the patient do certain movements of the jaw like they were chewing鈥攇oing left and right, front and back. Then we evaluate the bite marks that appear on the paper which are the usual cause of their symptoms.鈥�

If the paper marks show a bite problem, Dr. Sy-Siong follows a simple treatment sequence for adjusting or reducing specific spots on the teeth that identifies the cause of the headaches or other bite-related symptoms, which takes only about 5 to 10 minutes.

According to Dr. Sy-Siong, 鈥淎fter this minimal and conservative bite correction, the patient鈥檚 teeth look essentially the same as before the treatment. In the majority of the cases, the patient feels better. If this occurs, then it confirms that their former 鈥榖ad鈥� biting position was the cause all their headaches.鈥�

Success rate is usually about 90 percent. If adjusting the bite doesn鈥檛 completely relieve the pain, it often reduces the frequency of it.

鈥淚鈥檓 always very excited when I can help a patient who gets migraines or headaches,鈥� Dr. Sy-Siong says. 鈥淭here is an alternative way to treat headaches besides medicine, physical therapy or stress management. These other treatments that might help, but if it鈥檚 the 鈥榖ad bite鈥� that鈥檚 causing the pain or headache, then it鈥檚 usually only temporary relief since only the symptoms are treated, not the root cause of the symptoms. What we can potentially offer them is a more permanent relief from their pain.鈥�

If you鈥檇 like to make an appointment with Dr. Sy-Siong, call (559) 875-6900. And for more information on preventing headaches, including migraines, check out these tips.