Dr. Roubal's Omaha, Nebraska blog

I had a women this month come in wondering if our treatment was helping or was she somehow better coincidentally. She had original symptoms of headaches, neck pain, and jaw pain that appeared after she had two crown preparations done earlier at another dental office. After a few failed attempts to get the pain/dysfunction problems taken care of, the treating dentist referred the patient to my office. She originally rated her pain at a "9" on a 0-10 scale; "10" being the worst pain you can imagine.

After about 45 days, she rated her pain at a "1" and on discussion she confessed the level was nearer zero. She had a non-removable orthotic placed because she required a non-intererence to speech appliance. I also discovered she had sleep apnea which was also treated concurrently.

Anyways, she decided she wanted the "fixed" orthotic removed as she had trouble believing the "piece of plastic: could deliver such a "miracle" of pain relief to her. We removed it. After three days, she called and low and behold, all of her pain and dysfunction was coming back! I could not see her for an additional two days. She was very happy to get back the orthotic. In fact, I saw her later the same day and she was already reporting feeling much better. Properly positioned orthotics can be amazing in times of pain improvement.

Yours for better health, Dr. Roubal