Every year, countless dollars are spent on over-the-counter headache medications such as Advil, Tylenol, Alleve, and Excedrin, not to mention the prescription medications such as Imitrex and others. Tension headaches are from tension in the muscles of the head and neck. So what makes these muscles tense?
One common cause is an unbalanced bite. The muscles in the head and neck operate the jaw. Since the teeth dictate the jaw's posture, if the jaw posture puts chronic excess tension on the temporalis muscles on the side of the head, patients can get persistent headaches.
This is why dental "orthotics" frequently solve headache pain. Properly trained dentists can find ideal jaw position, then record that position and make an orthotic to allow the patient to rest in that position. There are many other dental treatments to solve headache pain since headache pain is so closely related to the teeth and jaws. Bite adjustments, orthodontics, new dental restorations, and sometimes jaw surgery can help.
To find out more about the technology used to find the ideal bite and ideal jaw position, go to http://www.myotronics.com. And please feel free to call our office at 510-601-7645 if headaches are a problem for you--and your doctor has ruled out anything serious.
Josh Bernstein, DDS
Josh Bernstein, DDS
Founder and President, Dental Comfort Academy
http://www.allnewsmiles.com
http://www.sanfranciscosedationdentist.com
http://www.comfortacademy.org
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