tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910774742819398433.post-30889602140635094832008-03-23T11:55:00.000-07:002008-03-23T12:41:50.717-07:00The xray's on the wall confirmed the diagnosis, it's bruxism. Which means my body is literally eating itself alive. I got fitted for the prosthetic which should be here in a few days, great.<br /><br />I've never been a quitter so I've been looking online to see what I can do. But if wikipedia is any even half right when it say, "There is no accepted cure for bruxism." I'm not feeling too optimistic.<br /><br />I wanted to prepare my friends and family for what some of the long term effects are going to be. The image below describes the degenerative effects of the disease--please don't make fun of me when it happens.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.oc-j.com/june00/Image46.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.oc-j.com/june00/Image46.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />But I haven't totally given up hope, in my research I've come across U.S. Patent #5,078,153 filed Jan. 7, 1992 which uses electromyography for the treatment of temporomandibular disorders. It looks promising.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.oc-j.com/june00/Image52.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.oc-j.com/june00/Image52.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Unfortunately this was on a Web page called "Unrecommended Bruxism Treatments", but it may be my only shot.<br /><br />If there are any other "bruxers" out there who want to chat drop me a line.<br /><br />Thanks for reading. This is probably going to be last post for a while.Alex Heatonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04333003159454743458noreply@blogger.com