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James P.
Boyd, DDS
JimBoydDDS@gmail.com
(to
avoid being
lost in a SPAM folder, insert
"NTI" as the subject title)
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Dr.
Boyd had suffered from daily all-day
headache,
occasional migraine and chronic jaw problems
for 12 years. In
1990,
he began doing retrospective
research on neuromuscular
hyperactivity of the head and neck, and
identified
what appeared to be the answer he was
looking for. Rather than
his problems being a result of what is
typically referred to as the
"occlusion" or "bite" (the description of
the arrangement of the teeth
and how they relate to the opposite arch),
Dr. Boyd hypothesized that
his symptoms were the result of his occluding,
that is,
the frequency, duration, and most
importantly, the intensity of
the contracting musculature responsible for
the occluding of his
teeth.
Not surprisingly, the
nerve system (the trigeminal)
that controls the occluding of the teeth is
also responsible for
chronic headache and migraine. This
relationship has now been
included in the
current
hypothesis of migraine disorder.
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below)
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David Urich, DDS
125 W. Plaza Street
Solana Beach, CA 92075
(858) 350-9977
Dr.
Boyd has been working closeling with Dr.
Urich over the past several years and refers
new patients to Dr. Urich. In addition
to Dr. Urich's restorative and cosmetic dental
practice, Dr. Urich provides continuing
follow-up care to the NTI patients seen by
Dr. Boyd in the neurology clinic.
Dr. Boyd is available by
appointment and is available for
consultation of on-going cases.
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(continued from
above)
The
remedy was the exploitation of the naturally
occurring "wiring" system
that matches certain teeth with the muscles
that clench the jaw.
The more teeth that are in contact, the
greater the nerve conduction
there is to the jaw-clenching muscles, with
the front teeth providing
the minimal nerve conduction (and therefore,
the least amount of muscle
contraction intensity) and the posterior
molars providing the maximal
neural conduction (thereby allowing for the
most intense jaw
clenching).
Dr. Boyd designed and
patented an intraoral
device, the
NTI
(nociceptive trigeminal inhibition) which
suppresses the
intensity of the chronic contraction of the
musculature which can either
cause
or perpetuates trigeminally mediated signs and
symptoms.
Coincidently, the
concept
is nothing new to dentistry, in that it
provides "incisal guidance",
which is the ultimate goal of dental occlusion
therapy.
Dr. Boyd founded the
Headache Prevention
Institute
in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan in 1995, and
through 1999 exclusively
treated
patients suffering from chronic tension-type
headache, migraine, and
jaw
disorders. The FDA cleared the NTI
for marketing to
dentists
for the prevention of TMJ syndrome in July of
1998. Having served
its research and development purpose, HPI
closed in March of
1999. In June of 2001, the FDA
cleared the NTI
device for the prevention
of medically diagnosed migraine pain.
Dr. Boyd is
the past
Director
of
Research
and Senior Clinical Instructor at the White
Memorial Medical Center
Craniofacial/TMD
clinic in Los Angeles and is currently a
practicing clinical consultant with Andrew
Blumenfeld, MD,
(a
neurologist specializing in migraine) at The
Headache Center, part of
the Neurology Center at the Scripps Hospital
campus in Encinitas,
California.
Dr. Boyd lectures
throughout the U.S. and
internationally. To inquire or to arrange
for
Dr.
Boyd to make a presentation, email Dr. Boyd at
the address above, or
fax: (772) 365-7782. |
Dr. Boyd and family, circa 2008
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