Testimonials

Dr. Landry is a Specialist in Neuromuscular Dentistry

In early November 2006 I began having terrible headaches. Along with the pain in my head, I was vomiting and sensitive to light and sound. I missed a couple of days of school before my mom decided to take me to my family doctor. He checked me over and said he really couldn’t find anything wrong. He diagnosed me as having migraine, gave me some migraine medicine and sent me on my way. I went back to my family doctor a few days later when the symptoms did not subside. He then ordered a CT scan done on my sinuses along with a cortisone shot. The cortisone didn’t do anything for me and when we got the scan back, everything was normal. My doctor then directed me to a headache specialist to see if he could find anything further. The headache specialist did a physical exam and put me on some different migraine medicine. He wanted me to come back in a couple of weeks to see if anything had changed. If it had not, he was going to refer me to a Neurosurgeon. I went home and did everything the doctors told me. All the while I was missing school and falling farther behind in my classes, which were stressing me out even more.
I returned to the headache specialist a couple of weeks later with the same symptoms. Nothing had changed. He then referred me to one of the best Neurosurgeons in town. From there, the neurosurgeon ordered an MRI just to make sure there weren’t any abnormalities in my brain.
I remember the morning the results came in from the MRI. I was laying in bed with a terrible headache when my mom came in to tell me about the results. She explained to me that I had an enlarged blood vessel in my head and something called a Chiari Malformation. From there, my neurosurgeon ordered a Cerebral Angiogram. I was terrified when I heard I was going to have to have this procedure done. I checked into Our Lady of Lourdes in late December 2007 expecting the worst. I just knew I was going to have to have brain surgery. To my families and my relief, everything was as it should be in my brain. I was born with these conditions and my body had adapted to them. This was not what was causing my headaches.
After my Cerebral Angiogram, my mom decided to call Dr. Landry’s office to see if they could refer her to someone who dealt with individuals with TMJ. My mom had been skeptical while I was having these headaches if they weren’t related to TMJ. To her surprise, Dr. Landry is a specialist in Neuromuscular Dentistry. We went in right away for consultation. Dr. Landry and his staff did everything to help me with my headaches. They ran tests to see just exactly where my teeth were supposed to fit together. He was convinced that this would stop my headaches. I would go in for sessions where I would be hooked up to a tensing machine to relax all of the muscles in my jaws. This is what helped me the most. After the first day, they sent me home with a portable tensing machine. They told me to wear it as much as I needed when I had a headache. After a couple of weeks of going to Dr. Landry’s office at least twice a week, they fitted me with my first temporary orthotic. I immediately felt relief. My headaches got fewer and fewer. I went from having a headache all day every day, to one or two a week. Dr. Landry then mentioned braces. He said it would be a permanent solution to my headaches. My parents and I agreed that this would be the best move.
I now have braces and a more permanent orthotic on my bottom teeth. I have not had a headache in over a year. Dr. Landry and his staff have been amazing throughout all of my treatment. They have done everything to make sure that I am comfortable and headache free.