he new NTI-TSS tension suppression system is the only FDA-approved dental appliance for preventing migraine headache pain. As seen on ABC's Good Morning America, the NTI-tss is a small, virtually invisible mouthpiece that covers only your upper front teeth while you sleep. The NTI-tss must be custom-fitted by a dentist qualified to use the system-which usually takes only one 30-minute visit.
In a clinical trial, 82% of migraine sufferers who used the NTI-tss for 8 weeks had a 77% average reduction in migraine attacks and the need for medication usually taken to treat migraine pain.
This is a simple demonstration of the efficacy of the NTI-tss device.
What happens? Biting with the canine tooth is suddenly more painful than with the incisors... Why? The incisor teeth are intended to not only incise food, but to be "hardness monitors" of what you're biting into. They are under your control and tell you if something will be to hard to chew. The canine teeth are designed for grasping and pressing into what it is that you're trying to hold on to (like another animal...see "What canine teeth are for"). The intensity of muscular activity created once the canine teeth have been engaged is under less voluntary control. The message to the brain is: "We've opened our mouth to grab something and have caught it...hold on!" The contacting canine teeth encourages jaw clenching!
Dentistry's attempt at dealing with parafunctional jaw muscle activity (the most destructive of which is jaw clenching) has been to provide alterations of the biting surfaces of the teeth. The NTI-tss device reduces clenching intensity by exploiting the mechanisms of the incisor teeth and by avoiding the engagement of the canine and molar teeth when the jaw is centered (A), and when it is in excursive positions (B).
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