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NTI
Tension Suppression System
The most effective FDA-approved method of
migraine prevention
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Example clincal application of
an NTI "IG" device in the presence of orthodontic brackets
Example patient has chronic
headaches, anterior edge-to-edge bite. |
Cotton rolls establish
eventual posterior freeway space. Labial wall of IG device
removed to avoid brackets. Practitioner is holding device to
confirm eventual
incisal contact.
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Patient biting on IG device
filled with heated TPB
material. If there had been incisal
overlap to begin with, the cotton rolls would not have been necessary,
as the IG's DE would've created adequate freeway space.
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Device has been removed,
placed in cold water to allow TPB to harden, and reseated. |
Typically (as was the case
here), retention is inadequate.
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To obtain better retention,
the distals ends of the device were dipped in hot water. The TPB
material then gets "sticky", allowing additional pre-heated TPB
material to be added directly to the existing material. |
Final delivery in place.
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Lingual side of finished
device.
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Device can be re-heated
multiple times.
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