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Newsletter 2011, Vol. 13 |
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Dr. Arthur Strauss on Sleep Apnea
Sleep is a resting state for both the mind and body, where most stimuli from the external world are blocked. In normal sleep, people have a decrease in body temperature, blood pressure, rate of breathing and most other body functions. The brain, however, never decreases in activity and remains as active during sleep as it does when the person is awake.
An interview on YouTube
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6
Dr. Strauss has been involved in the practice of sleep apnea dentistry since 1988. As a Diplomat of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine, he serves patients from Virginia, Maryland, Washington, DC and many other states in the area.
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a note from Charlie Brown, Esq. founder of Consumers for Dental Choice & President of World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry
The Surgeon General was court-martialed for ordering end to mercury
Sometimes we must all pause and ask: Why do the pro-mercury dentists resist change so vociferously? Why do these protectors of a primitive, polluting product put quick-and-easy profits ahead of patient health, the environment, and worker safety? It's tempting to say such resistance is unprecedented. Not so.
Last week, I toured the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick, Maryland. While at the museum, I bought its book about Civil War medicine: Death in the Breeze by Bonnie Brice Dorwart, M.D. Mercury's use was so prevalent, and even then so controversial, that the author devotes two chapters just to mercury -- prescribed by physicians in that era to treat soldiers for dysentery, typhoid, malaria, pneumonia, and syphilis.
Some physicians opposed pushing mercury onto unsuspecting patients.
In fact, an early hero of the mercury-free movement was none other than the Surgeon General of the United States himself, William A. Hammond.
Realizing that mercury should have no role in medicine, Hammond courageously issued General Order #6 on May 4, 1863, banning its use by Army physicians. But by issuing an order to protect soldiers from dying from mercury toxicity, Hammond signed his own political death warrant.
Immediately, the medical establishment started calling for his ouster. The AMA assigned delegates from every state to work against Order #6. In August 1864, the AMA's smear campaign succeeded: Surgeon General Hammond was court-martialed and cashiered out.
The American Medical Association defeated Hammond, but could not defeat the truth. More dissident physicians sprung up to oppose mercury, including the renowned Boston poet-physician Oliver Wendell Holmes (the father of the famous judge). Surgeon General Hammond was ultimately vindicated.
Today, the Civil War use of mercury as a tonic is ridiculed. In the prologue to Dr. Dorwart's 2009 book, Dr. H. Ralph Schumacher Jr., Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, states: "Many therapies such as purging and mercury may have hastened death." Then he adds, prophetically: "What will our successors think of our efforts 150 years from now?"
Future generations not only will condemn the American Dental Association for implanting a neurotoxin into the human body, but no doubt they will resent cleaning up after the irresponsible dentists who polluted our planet with mercury. However, like Surgeon General Hammond, we now have the opportunity to stand up publicly against mercury abusers. Then it was the medical establishment; today it is the dental establishment.
Charlie Brown, Esq.
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The Secret
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Also, Dr. Behm explains "The Secret" and demonstrates its use in this video on YouTube.
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Hi Russ,
How can you can be free of TMJ related pain symptoms, without the use of drugs?
Last issue we spoke of the evaluation software that allows us to find the best jaw position and perform other tests. This week I want to talk about one of my other favorite instruments that we use, the TENS.
TENS stands for Transcutaneous (through the unbroken skin) Electrical Nerve Stimulation. Once I have acquired all of the information on the patient from the K7 evaluation system, I want to relax any muscles that may be in spasm or may be getting overworked.
The TENS unit allows various facial muscles to "detox" by removing the lactic acid from these muscle groups and allows healthy oxygenated blood to re-circulate back in to the stressed muscles. Unlike using the TENS unit directly on the muscles that are affected, we stimulate the muscles through the nerve channels that are connected to the muscles.
This is where the term Neuromuscular comes from. We generally stimulate these nerve channels for a minimum of one hour to ensure that we have the most relaxed muscle condition. The TENS unit can also be used to attempt to alleviate a patioents headache if they are having one here at the office. A lot of the time, frequent headaches are a direct result of overworked muscles near the temples.
The J5 Myo-Monitor TENS unit
The J5, made by Myotronics, is the TENS unit that we use. It can be used for more things than just relaxing the muscles of the face, head, and neck. We can move the lower jaw into a new position, usually a millimeter or two forward.. This can be very therapeutic in opening the wind pipe more, and have positive cosmetic side effects.
From here, we can create a new closed position for the teeth by changing the biting surface. A lower appliance is worn to hold the patient in their neuromuscular jaw position.
Let's understand what each one of these nerves do for us and what the reason is for stimulating them with the TENS.
We'll start with the fifth cranial nerve.
Fifth cranial nerve: This nerve functions both as the main nerve of sensation for the face and the nerve controlling the chewing muscles.
Problems with the sensory part of this nerve result in pain or loss of feeling in the face. And other problems can result in a shift of the jaw toward the affected side and can cause trouble chewing.
Fifth Cranial Nerve / Trigemnial Nerve in this picture
TENS electrode placement over the Trigemnial nerve
(5th Cranial Nerve)
Seventh cranial nerve
Seventh cranial nerve: This nerve is the facial nerve, controlling the muscles of facial expression.
Paralysis of the facial nerve causes a characteris-tic drooping of one side of the face, inability to wrinkle the forehead, to whistle, to close the eye and deviation of the mouth toward the other side of the face. Paralysis of the facial nerve is called Bell's Palsy.
Bells Palsy
Eleventh cranial nerve: This nerve controls two muscle groups that turn the head and face.
By TENSing these different nerve channels one can see how we can relax the muscles of the face, head and neck. Stimulating these nerves will help get the muscles out of spasm and will help the muscles unwind. In most cases, once we have the muscles relaxed, we can get the person back onto the computer to find the best jaw position.
The TENS will help me guide the patient into their new Neuromuscular "bite." The TENS allows us to do more than just relieve the muscle strains or headaches. I can use it to help with taking impressions, do bite adjustments on my Neuromuscular patients, and get oxygen back to muscles that were previously lacking the proper amount of circulation.
There are some key points that will make a difference during your first experience of TENSing. Once the TENS unit has been turned on and your muscles are being stimulated, it is best to let your jaw fall down to where your teeth are not touching and your jaw is in a relaxed position. Your jaw will be pulsing vertically so we do not want the teeth to touch.
The best way to TENS is lying back, slightly tilted in the dental chair. One can sleep as long as their teeth are apart. Reading is not advised as one could be straining the muscles around the upper part of their face and tightening up their shoulder muscles and neck muscles. Total relaxation is the best way to get the most results from the TENS unit.
Do you get frequent headaches? Does your jaw get tired easily?
It may be time to look into your options in these matters. Remember you're never too old to overcome these kinds of conditions. We have the tools here at Natural Dentistry using Neuromuscular Dentistry that can be of help to you. We have had great successes with many of our patients following these protocols.
Please feel free to check out my website at www.BehmNaturalDentistry.com or you can call our front desk to get all of those lingering questions you may have answered. Please don't hesitate to call Amy or Karilyn at 727 446-6747. Hope all of you have a wonderful week.
Ray
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