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TENS Device

NMD begins by relaxing the muscles around the jaw with the use of a TENS device (Myomonitor). The Myomonitor is a battery operated electrical muscle stimulator that delivers mild electrical stimulus to the muscles of the facial/jaw area, and possibly the neck and shoulder area, to “exercise” these muscles and to cause them to relax. It is not painful at all.

Your NM dentist may also perform tests using computerized technology that provide very detailed information about the status of your muscles and joints. These tests give your dentist a “picture” of what is happening with your muscles and joints.

Computerized Mandibular Scanning or Jaw Tracking allows the NM dentist to measure and study the pattern of the jaw opening and closing through it’s full range of motion. Electromyography (EMG) tests provide information on the activity of key muscles that control the jaw during various functions as well as at rest.

This information is then used in the doctor’s diagnosis to assist in determining the precise point at which you jaw should be in relation to your upper teeth. Rather than relying on your present jaw position as being the best for you, the NM dentist uses this additional objective information to determine if your bite should be left as is or be adjusted to a more optimal occlusion.

Once the dentist has determined where your new bite should be, you will be given a plastic appliance called an “orthotic” to keep your bite in it’s new position. You may wear this orthotic as an interim step to a more permanent treatment.