title: Nociceptive trigeminal inhibition--tension suppression system: a method of preventing migraine and tension headaches.
abstract: Dentists and physicians see countless patients suffering from various types of headaches. Various modes of therapy are used in an attempt to treat these patients. As a result of this study, it appears that a common factor to migraine and tension-type headaches may be chronic clenching. If this is the case, then dentists may treat headache patients more effectively than previously suspected through the use of a dental appliance.
authors.affiliation: TMJ & Facial Pain Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Shankland
mesh_terms: D002012:Bruxism / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D018795:Device Approval; D006801:Humans; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D017090:Occlusal Splints; D010147:Pain Measurement; D018781:Tension-Type Headache / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration