The NTI bite guard is patented for use by patients who clench or grind their teeth. In one visit Dr. Doueck or Dr. Kassab is able to make a custom NTI bite guard that is comfortable and easy to wear. It is made here in our office at less than ½ the cost of the other type of bite guards. If you or someone you know suffer from headaches, or other neck or jaw pain ask us for a brochure about the state-of-the-art NTI bite guard. A young man came to our office suffering from a painful aching jaw. After a thorough exam we determined that he was clenching and grinding his teeth at night. In one visit and for less than two hundred dollars we were able to make a custom-made oral appliance that fit over his front teeth making clenching virtually impossible.

Within a few days his headache and neck pain disappeared. This young man was delighted with the very small size of the appliance. “My friend had a bite guard – he told me it was really uncomfortable – this is so small and comfortable – it’s great!”

Clenching your teeth while asleep and during the day is the result of some of the strongest muscles in your body tensing up (up to 6 to 20 times more intensely than non- sufferers). This can cause morning and tension headaches and even damage the surrounding joints, teeth, and muscles of the head and neck.

Studies done by the Headache prevention Institute have shown that the older type of dental night guards actually increase the intensity of your clenching often to over 104% of your normal bite. With the advent of the revolutionary NTI™ device we can begin to solve the real problem; actually preventing your back teeth from clenching intensely and coming into contact with each other. The NTI™ device is FDA approved for the treatment of clenching and grinding. Stop intense clenching, stop the source of the pain.

By reducing the intensity of involuntary clenching at night while you’re asleep (and even during the day if stress triggers unconscious involuntary clenching at work and home), the NTI™ device minimizes clenching which is the source of your pain. Some patients get relief within a few hours to a few weeks. Many patients report significant relief overnight, others usually within a month. Your highly trained clenching muscles have to unlearn their intense activity, and the time it takes to accomplish this varies from patient to patient.

The NTI™ device may eliminate the need for prescription and over-the-counter medications that you take for morning headache, sore neck, sore jaws and related pain associated with involuntary clenching of the teeth.

Because of the simplicity and low cost of the NTI™ device many more people who suffer from head and neck pain are able to get relief.