 For
several years my jaw used to dislocate or get stuck closed so that I couldn't
open my mouth and it was very painful. Sometimes I was able to get my jaw
back in place, but once I had to go to an oral surgeon to have my jaw put back
in place. My jaw would also snap and pop when I would eat without
warning. My jaw would dislocate or get stuck by opening wide to take a
bite, yawning, or even yelling.
After wearing the dental splint that
Dr. Griffiths made for me for about nine months, my jaw began to relax and heal,
and I didn't have to wory about it popping out of place any more. My total
treatment time was about two years, and I have had no further problems with my
jaw locking.
Donna Smallwood, Age 28
 Dr.
Grffiths felt she could help me by realigning my lower jaw with a dental apparatus
or a dental splint. 48 Hours after I started wearing the dental apparatus
to realign my jaw the debilitating headaches, neck aches, pain across my shoulders
and pain while eating were gone. I even could sleep better because I was
no longer in pain. I didn't know I had TMJ problems. I was amazed that the
alignment of my jaw could cause all of these problems. Even prescription
pain killers couldn't relieve the headaches that I used to get before I started
wearing the splint Dr. Griffiths gave me.
After wearing the splint for eight months 24
hours a day and being totally free of pain I was convinced that I needed
to permanently change my bite with braces to the position established by the
splint as a final phase of treatment. I wore braces for two years to
move my teeth into the positions they needed to be to hold the proper bite
relationship. I am really glad I didn't have to go through surgery.
This treatment proved to me that my pain could be eliminated just be
repositioning my jaw. I have been free of pain for three and a half years
and I thank Dr. Griffiths for giving me my life back.
Lynn Knight, Age 45
 The
first person I consulted with for my TMJ was an oral surgeon who wanted to do
surgery on my jaw. I was getting headaches, neck pain, shoulder pain and
numbness in my fingers. The headaches would feel like an ice pick was
stabbing me, and I would get ringing in my ears. I lived with this pain
for nineteen years, but I was not convinced that surgery was going to correct
these problems. The oral surgeon could not guarantee that surgery would
give me relief. So I did not proceed with treatment. After Dr.
Griffiths explained her treatment philosophies, I decided to try treatment with
her since her techniques were non-invasive, non-surgical and were totally reversible.
After wearing the dental splint Dr.
Griffiths gave me for two weeks twenty four hours a day, the pain I had been
experiencing started to subside. Within three months 85% of my problems
were gone. There were not as many headaches and the numbness in my fingers
had completely disappeared.
After wearing my splint ten months,
I was very comfortable and I wanted to wear the splint because I knew it made me
feel better.
I was convinced that the position my
teeth were biting with the splint in my mouth was where I needed to be to be
free from pain. So I decided to proceed to the next phase of
treatment. I went through orthodontic treatment with Dr. Griffiths to move
my teeth permanently to this new bite established by the splint, so that I would
no longer need to wear the splint.
I have been in orthodontic therapy now
for a little over two years and I continue to be completely free of headaches
and the other pain that I was experiencing. After nineteen years, it is
wonderful to wake up in the morning without a headache and I am delighted that I
did not have to go through surgery. I feel like I have a new life.
Jean Hoerr, Age 42
I am a new person. Earlier this year, an astute ENT
alerted me to my TMJ condition. When a general dentist determined my condition was too
severe for him to treat, he referred me to Dr. Griffiths. When I first consulted Dr.
Griffiths, I
was in excruciating and incapacitating pain, and could open my mouth only 28mm. The
previous dentist's severity diagnosis carried--Dr. Griffiths said my case was an 8 on a scale
of 1 to 10, 10 being the worst case she'd ever seen in her decades of TMJ practice. Due to
the nature and severity of my disc displacement, she informed me that there was an 85%
chance that I would need surgery to reposition the discs even after wearing a mouth
appliance for a year.
After wearing the appliance for a DAY, I experienced an 80%
reduction in the misdiagnosed/undiagnosed pain, vertigo, and fatigue that have
characterized my days for over a decade. After a MONTH of wearing the plate, I could open
my mouth 52mm, signaling that my discs have returned to their anatomically correct
position. Dr. Griffiths says the treatment just doesn't work this well, this soon, and that I
must be paying the preacher on Sunday. Indeed, I thank God for leading me to Dr.
Griffiths.
-Erin
 I
suffered for about four years with severe headaches constantly, facial pain and
clenching of my teeth. Pain relievers didn't help very much, and when the
pain got bad I wouldn't feel like doing anything at all. After wearing the
dental appliance (splint) for 24 hours a day that Dr. Griffiths made for me, I
experienced complete relief of all my pain in less than two weeks. I wore
my splint for four months and didn't experience any pain at all during that time
period. I was convinced that my new jaw position had solved my problem, so
I then proceeded to have orthodontic treatment to permanently move my teeth to
the new position.
My orthodontic treatment is nearing
completion. I don't have any more problems with headaches or clenching my
teeth, and I am glad I was able to find relief from pain.
Bethany Smith, Age 24
I had lived with a "Mystery Pain" for 5 years and 8
months. Pain in my head, neck, shoulders, and shooting down my arm. I had seen
a total of 17 doctors prior to Dr. Griffiths, and each one tried to mask the symptoms with
medication or tell me that it was in my head. I fell in and out of depression and
was about to give up any hope of relieving this pain. One day I yawned and heard a
crackling noise in my jaw with extreme shooting pain! A pain that I had never felt
before, right in my TM joints. I knew then that I needed to find the best doctor I
could for treatment. I got on the internet and emailed five TMJ doctors throughout
the country. I told them where I lived, (Southern Arizona) and what my symptoms
were. To my amazement I was referred to Dr. Griffiths by four out of those five emails that
I sent out, one of which I did not get a response back from. Although it takes me 1 hour and
45 minutes to get to Dr. Griffiths's I'd walk it if I had to. She not only diagnosed my problem but had me fitted with
a mouth splint and 75% pain free within a week. I was in heaven and so was
my family to get their mother and wife back!
-Tracey
 I
suffered with ear pressure, fluid buildup in my ears and chronic sinus infections.
My medical doctor gave me antibiotics repeatedly, but the never helped my
problem. I went to the public library and studied chronic health
problems. In my research I came across the subject of TMJ and as I read
more about TMJ, I started to think that the TMJ symptoms sounded like the
problems I had.
Dr. Griffiths thoroughly examined me
and confirmed that I did have TMJ problems. Wearing the splint Dr.
Griffiths made for me completely resolved my ear problems in a few weeks.
My sinus problems also dramatically improved.
Lois Spengler, Age 43
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