Testimonials

Often patients are compelled to share their story about how Bioesthetic Dentistry has made a positive impact in their lives. The following testimonials speak for themselves.

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"My name is Story Schmidt and I am a wife and mother of three beautiful daughters. I have been a Dental Hygienist for 9 years and been in dentistry since I was 14 years old.

"I had a swimming pool diving accident when I was 13 and hit my head on the bottom of a concrete pool. I was not evaluated at the time but soon started to feel lots of tension running down my spine and started having jaw joint, neck and shoulder pain. This pain progressed as I entered into adulthood. I was evaluated at age 13 by an orthodontist who recommended I have 4 permanent bicuspids and 4 wisdom teeth removed. Treatment was put off until I was 17, while at the same time my headache pain continued to worsen.

"I was evaluated by a Neurologist and Physical Therapist and received some relief from physical therapy but I knew this was not the answer, just a band-aid. My jaw joint pain continued to increase along with popping and other noises in the joint.

"My life became very busy with marriage and the kids and the headaches progressed into severe migraines on the left side of my head. I would be forced to bed in a dark, quiet place. I would take lots and lots of Motrin. Along with the migraines, I would have terrible tension headaches on a daily basis. The dentist that I was working for at that time evaluated my bite and said I had beautiful teeth and everything looked okay. He did proceed to adjust my bite and made a night guard for me. The night guard would not stay in my mouth at night and I felt my body just was trying to tell me that it just was not right. He then proceeded to put me into an NTI appliance but it made my front teeth loose and sore.

"My headaches continued to worsen and I would start vomiting when they hit. I was forced to lie in one position in bed for what was usually a 12-hour period just to get any relief. I would cry to my husband to please take me to the hospital and they would give me meds for the pain but the lights and the noise were almost more than I could bear.

"I began to desperately search for answers. I would see chiropractors twice a week because my neck would go out. I sought out an osteopath who did some cranial suture manipulation and gave me some relief for a short period of time. The osteopath put me nortryptlyene at this time. My M.D. then prescribed Imitrex both oral and subcutaneous. Stadol and antidepressants were also prescribed.

"Any hope to get better was now my cry!"

"My husband and I were talking divorce and I was extremely unhappy but had nothing to be unhappy about. I had a wonderful husband and 3 great kids but still there I was contemplating what a bad mother I was if all I could do was lay in a dark room in excruciating pain when I came home from work. What if I was locked in this "Prison of Pain" forever? I was honestly thinking about ending my life even though I knew God would never give me more than I could handle. As I lay on the bathroom floor with the lights out I prayed, "Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil". I decided to go on with my life and find an answer to my problems.

"My first glimmer of hope came when I was fortunate to meet an OBI dentist. He taught me about the MAGO appliance and told me it would help give us a diagnosis. This was very interesting because that is what I had been after all along was a diagnosis. I decided to proceed with the MAGO. At the same time I was wearing the MAGO to obtain a diagnosis, therapeutic effects were starting to be felt. My headaches were starting to get better almost immediately. The MAGO and diagnostic process was amazing! But just as I was starting to get better I got worse again. I sought out a second opinion and a new doctor put me on Lembutrol and Veralan. This course of action did not help so I went back to my OBI dentist. My OBI dentist explained that as the healing in my jaw joints was taking place, my bite was also changing. He would meticulously adjust my MAGO so that my bit was in harmony with my changing jaw joints. I started to get better and better. I started being able to sleep all the way thru the night. This was very good restful sleep, not what I had been experiencing since I was 13. I started to realize that I could function much better in all of my relationships and that my sleep patterns had been affecting me more than I ever realized. My neck started to stabilize and my chiropractor reaffirmed this.

"There was great hope that we were finally on the right path. I had jaw joint changes for the better. The popping stopped, the noises diminished. I began to feel like a new person! I had so much energy that I had never had before. After my diagnosis was complete, I we went forward with treatment to fulfill all three Bioesthetic principles. Stable jaw joints, form of the teeth and form of the teeth in contact. Once these principles were met I could feel my MAGO melt away. It has been 2 full years and I have not had one migraine, not one!

"Isn't it an amazing concept to study something that was healthy and use that as a model for diagnosis and treatment instead of using disease and pathology and then reaction to these as therapy? Isn't it common sense to study what components were like in good health?

"Everything I thought in my heart was correct, I just had to keep searching until I found my OBI doctor to help me. I probably wouldn't be here today if not for Bioesthetic principles and the ability of my OBI dentist to diagnose my problems. I thank God, I'm just so thankful. I am a new person!"

Storie Schmidt