Dentistry, Posture, and Mandibular Splints: An Interview with Dr. Peter Lecca, DDS.

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11 ай бұрын

This is just the interview with Dr. Peter Lecca on the intersection of dentistry and Postural Restoration. No introductory explanation. For the introductory explanation of how the vestibular system, the neck, and the hip flexors are all connected, watch the longer version.
Dr. Peter Lecca. Coppel, Texas.
peterleccadds.com/about-us/
My website.
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@ghostAFsky 11 ай бұрын

Neal, I apologize for the novel, no need to respond. I know you said this isn't an easy process, and I suppose it hasn't been, but I am completely blown away by the transformation I have experienced with my body over a period of weeks, most of it in days and instants. I'm lucky enough to work from home and have hours to devote daily to meditating. I had been seeing some good progress in my daily life from just paying more attention to my pelvis, using my hips, and noticing all the areas I was tight and loose in my body. But the sensory cues you've discussed in your videos have completely changed me. In my case my left peripheral vision, tongue on roof of mouth, left heel, right arch were the big drivers. A few days ago I suddenly got in left stance for the first time without even trying and reflexively moaned out of relief. After, I got onto an exercise mat that I've been using to help with the sensory cues in my feet and suddenly felt another wave of tension in my body release. I decided to just relax into it while I experimented with putting an eye patch on my dominant eye and doing some dishes, where I suddenly became aware of all the remaining tension on the right side of my face and jaw. I removed the patch, closed my eyes, and started experimenting with focusing on my visual midline while attending to different aspects of my left peripheral vision. This ultimately led me to a very emotional experience around a traumatic event in my life of which I'll spare you the details. I felt calm enough to process the event in a way I never had before, I burst into tears and collapsed on the floor in a way that I just melted into the floor. I opened myself up to re-experience the worst feelings and it let me have the reaction that I was never able to have before. All of this happened in hours and over the last 3 days I have experienced the sensation of being truly balanced and it's like there was an instant switch where a wave of vertigo disappeared that I didn't realize was there. I can now balance on either leg with my eyes closed. I've been neutral without effort, breathing normally through my nose and into so many new parts of my body, sleeping through the night on my back. I could go on and on. It's honestly been similar to a psychedelic experience and I'm still having trouble processing it. The feeling I have in my neck and cranium is something I've only experienced on LSD when I was younger. I really think the big reason I was able to do that is because of your videos and I truly can't thank you enough. I know my journey isn't over and I've since started having some really interesting experiments with my vision - I clearly still need to see a specialist on that front. This is so important and I can't believe it isn't mainstream knowledge. My whole life I was diagnosed with issues clearly related to this and basically told there was nothing to be done. When it was noticed that I often breathed through my mouth as a kid, they just told me to stop instead of digging deeper. When an eye patch didn't fix my lazy eye, they shrugged and said you can still see fine so don't worry about it. I was told I had kyphosis as a teen and they basically just said it shouldn't cause me problems. Thank you from the bottom of my ground for doing what you do.

@NealHallinan 11 ай бұрын

Don’t think of it as a novel you’ve written. Think of it as a testament you’ve left for other people to stumble upon and maybe some of them will have had similar experiences but are always told they are crazy. They will feel less alone on their journey. I’d be happy if you could copy your comment and put it in the comment section of the previous video…same interview but with the introductory context included. More people are watching that one. Glad you’ve had your revelations!

@ghostAFsky 11 ай бұрын

@@NealHallinan Absolutely, I will! Thank you Neal.

@marcomotta2507 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your experience, as it is proof that the body always wants to heal if provided the right inputs. Would you mind being contacted in private to share our process?

@ginny177 8 ай бұрын

I don't know how to start. I started to wear my splint..

@sashahera5679 8 ай бұрын

I am trying to restore a difficult asymmetry caused by my dentist fitting me with badly fitted bridges … this has basically changed the planes in my jaw, my facial and neck symmetry and caused years of chronic pain. In the end, as soon as the bridges came off, the pain almost disappeared and I could relax my face and eyes again. It would be good if dentists would listen to patients when they say that something feels too tight or painful or not right. These posts are very interesting thank you

@Lareba 4 ай бұрын

I too experienced this with two caps that were my only teeth that made contact anywhere in my mouth. The dentist said it would work out, it didn't and I had moved. No dentist understood or wanted to mess with it. I got a Dremel. Now I will be looking for a PRI knowledgeable dentist.

@lindacannon2239 10 ай бұрын

Tongue Posture (position) was mentioned several times. An appliance is only a temporary fix for unhealthy tongue postures . A LOW TONGUE POSTURE from undiagnosed or untreated tongue ties, and/or TONGUE THRUSTING (which is a compensation to promote BREATHING) are two examples of conditions that have much better long-term results when Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy (OMT) is also part of a complete program. OMT is a neuromuscular retraining method (think physical therapy for the mouth) to develop normal oral rest postures. This can make any other treatments more effective long term. I have seen many adults on their THIRD round of Ortho treatment, who's open bites re-open when the Ortho provider inserts a "Tongue Crib" rather than using an OMT program in conjunction with the Ortho.

@viviany8124 11 ай бұрын

Really enjoying the focus of information being around the neck/cranium in posture in these more recent videos Neal! Thank you

@baderqassim3248 6 ай бұрын

Thank you Neal for this amazing content. A lot of PTs and doctors miss this stuff. Bader

@paige.campbell 9 ай бұрын

thank you so much for these videos it’s life changing!!

@JenniferSmilesNow 9 ай бұрын

So excited, I have an appointment with Dr. Lecca in a few weeks 🎉❤

@Anvita444 10 ай бұрын

I'm a dentist, and a PRI patient. Not currently practicing due to this situation. It's been quite the experience, to say the very least. Appreciate you guys. Neal, thank you especially.

@graciousSenor 10 ай бұрын

Just looking for clarification to compare to my symptoms, how do yours prevent you from working? In my case, my ANS symptoms are so strange combined with constant brain fog that it's hard for me to focus. Honestly, I don't feel like a normal person. Words cannot describe what this condition does to you. The constant contraction on my right side makes me not feel like a normal person. I feel trapped.

@Lareba 4 ай бұрын

Myo Speech Therapy is an excellent resource for tongue issues as well as the other muscles used for speech and swallowing. Part of the tongue's job is to rest on the roof of the mouth and it acts like a pump with every swallow, helping the cerebrospinal fluid to circulate. The tongue can be strengthened like any muscle. It's calming to have my tongue on the right spot on my palate, as I've only recently discovered.

@EriPages 6 күн бұрын

4 months later, have your cheekbones improved even more than they already were? They say tongue on palate improves cheekbone area for us who previously had weak tongues

@SKALIVE_ 10 ай бұрын

Hey Neal, just a quick feedback. I finally learned to feel my left glute medius while doing the exercises and things just rapidly improved, its insane. I can sleep on my back finally and generally my pain just got so much better. Thanks again for your guidance and ofc my local therapist Kazu

@NealHallinan 10 ай бұрын

Excellent! That left glute medius is huge.

@JoaoSiebinho 10 ай бұрын

Hi Neal, how many weeks/months were you wearing the splint before getting changes in muscles around the jaw and neck? And what are the musts for the splint? Are these 3 the ones:? 1. As thin as possible 2. Position on the lower jaw 3. Correct when lower and upper front teeth are perfectly above each other Would like to hear!

@VHVH1 11 ай бұрын

Great video. I got my palatine tonsils removed 2017 and since then I started slowly getting symptoms and ended up patterned. Still at the moment patterned pretty badly

@VHVH1 11 ай бұрын

Year after that eyes operated with lasers because I wanted to get rid of glasses and far sight was reslly bad. Now Im on waiting line for nose wall surgery, airflow is bad and worse on right side, mouth breaghing nights and snot falling from nose daily. Then theres still ear surgery left because wax clogs my ears so easily I cant hear.properly. Its a mess

@sweetvictory3100 5 ай бұрын

Crying, i need help, you're explaining what has happened to me, fighting for my life literally, i need help!

@ounahh 10 ай бұрын

The one important question Neal: The splint can help turn the neck off and make the rest of the body relax. But is that also the case if we're talking about an ascending jaw issue, for example if you have a overactive jaw & neck due to a trauma that you had in your leg and you started lifting your body weight to the other site? Or does it only work if you have a jaw/teeth issue that is the origin of your problems? In my thinking process, it should not make a difference where the origins was, because everything in the body is connected, and once the brain has a new pattern that is saved down, it will stay in the new position even if you remove the origin of your problems.

@sweetvictory3100 5 ай бұрын

Cranium is absolutely impacted

@kricketkitty 9 ай бұрын

Hi Neal, can you please share the link for the longer version? Thank you!!

@johncuba1612 11 ай бұрын

Hello Neal, lot´s of particular details in the last 2 Videos from You & the Doc´s! really appreciated about the Content - Europe/Germany needs also this Specialist´s like You & Peter :)

@NealHallinan 11 ай бұрын

Thank you. I agree with you on that point.

@federicogianga 10 ай бұрын

Hey how are you? I wonder how long does the sensory input to update, I mean, once you fixed the issue through a splint for example, how long does it take to the brain to process and remove pain. Thanks

@lovingly_lou 11 ай бұрын

Hey Neal, since consulting you earlier in the year I have finally seen a PRI trained physio and dentist here in Australia. (I made the mistake of seeing a Mckenzie trained physio in the meantime who got me in more extension and worsened my situation - should have gone with my gut and done PRI straight away). You definitely were on the money with thinking my teeth were involved. With tongue depressors in I did 90% better on the tests. I have my dental appliance fitted tomorrow. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. I truly appreciate how you try to help with all these videos and content. Hopefully what I’m doing helps, but if If all else fails, I think I will try to do PRIME in Nebraska. PRI just makes so much sense to me

@Det_313 10 ай бұрын

Keep us updated and good luck 🤞🏼

@moongazer321 10 ай бұрын

Hi Louise, I too live in Australia and am having serious problems with my occlusion and neck etc. I can't find anyone to help or who understands. Much appreciated if you could point me in the right direction since you found help in Australia. Thanks Megan.

@beljane 10 ай бұрын

I'm wondering the same, who did you see in Australia please?

@lovingly_lou 10 ай бұрын

@@moongazer321 The Body Fixer and The Dental Station

@lovingly_lou 10 ай бұрын

@@beljane The Body Fixer and The Dental Station. Both in Sydney. I had replied to Megan weeks ago but my replied seemed to go missing.

@mersome4630 11 ай бұрын

I have an Invisalign retainer and when I wear it my body isn’t as tight but I feel it retracted my teeth which is not good for appearance but I have a worse cross bite when I don’t wear it does anyone know if there is a natural way to correct cross bites🤔

@ivanpopov59 11 ай бұрын

Neal do you have in practice when lateralized left upper back and right hip? i can't find video about it. i had a lot of injuries

@momozaghou9783 8 ай бұрын

whats the correct sleeping postion for better breathing

@dmar191 10 ай бұрын

A lot of the symptoms you describe make it seem like I am in need of a mandibular splint. Do I just see a normal dentist for this or a specialist?

@var309 9 ай бұрын

I’ve got very poor feel on my right heel and outside of right foot. Right foot also much flatter than left and I’ve got anterior tilt on my right hip. Right foot seems shorter. My right teeth don’t touch and are out of alignment. also have sinus issues. Are the foot issues due to the teeth or are the teeth issues due to the feet ? Would a mandibular splint help someone like me ?

@paige.campbell 9 ай бұрын

would cycling to music intentionally achieve the same rhythmic alignment or does it require the force of the foot against the ground to activate fully? 🤔🤔

@thomascenteni4884 11 ай бұрын

Are these splints safe for the TMJs/condyles? Also Neal, did you get your crossbite fixed with dental interventions?

@jd-um4jw 10 ай бұрын

@@googleadmin1515hello! May I ask what is Eva material? I was wondering about these being toxic. Please and thank you!

@creatorsofnewearth369 10 ай бұрын

You mention the l9nger version. Where is the " longer versio"? Thank you.

@margaritahead7928 10 ай бұрын

You have help me so much; but the molar technique is incredible. Why don't orthopedic doctors know what you know. You need to educate them because I've wasted 20 years of my life in pain for no reason. I had a great workout today with no pain using a cut up night guard just placing them over my back molars and finally they touched. Is there someone you can recommend in California to make one of the splints? I live near Newport Beach ,California is there a PRI therapist here?

@Bassmaster573 10 ай бұрын

Where can you buy the splint?

@medakpl7059 11 ай бұрын

Hi Neal , Does it mean that the best way to get neutral is to train our nervous system(sensoriel…) to sense the position where our body is stuck so that we can move it where we want In other words it is like we awaken it,we train it to sense better?

@NealHallinan 11 ай бұрын

That's really what PRI does, retrains the nervous system for proper movement through "re-sensing" what has been lost.

@deepshadow1 10 ай бұрын

Can hollow chest affect the pelvic floor to make it tight and have pressure imbalances?@@NealHallinan

@ste6734 9 ай бұрын

@@deepshadow1same question. Poland syndrome/ pectus excavatum

@deepshadow1 8 ай бұрын

@@ste6734 can explain more?

@avarysco7168 10 ай бұрын

Dear Neal, at 1:46 when you mentioned how the front teeth come really far down, ive just been referred to an airway specialist and had photos and xrays taken, and this is exactly what i have. Maxilla that's too narrow, high bolted roof, retruded jaw and upper teeth almost fully covering lower in a bite. Can i ask, did Dr Peter mention what's recommended for a patient like this?

@NealHallinan 10 ай бұрын

He did not mention it. I don't think there is a "one size fits all" solution. He might do some online consulting. You could contact his office and inquire about it.

@lindacannon2239 10 ай бұрын

Expansion Orthodontics worked wonders on me. I was a victim of RETRACTIVE ORTHO as a child. My breathing and TMJ were severely compromised for most of my adult life. AIRWAY is everything. Unfortunately, many Ortho providers have minimal training in this area, and ignore the tongue space, oropharynx and airway. The CBCT imaging can actually measure and evaluate airway space both before and after Ortho Tx, and should be an essential part of any Ortho program. Some people will need Maxillary/Mandibular advancement surgery to obtain optimum results. This is why kids need evaluation at a very young age- NOT when they are 10-12 years old. Working with the natural growth of the face and jaws (of which most occurs before age nine) is essential to avoid breathing and sleep issues. I have been a Dental Hygienist since 1985, and now focus on providing Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy for children, teens and adults with similar issues.

@HappyStar441 10 ай бұрын

Where are you located Linda? I have had so much damage to my mouth by bad dentists, and last had a mouthpiece made for my issues. Turns out I am allergic to the silicone. (I had implants after cancer in 2009 which were killing me, out in 2018, my mouth crashed in early 2018. I need a great dentist that understands the connection. The left side of my jaw and right hip/ psoaz are in bad shape. I need to fix my mouth but so far all I get is more damage and much, much less funds… I am terrified of dentists.

@avarysco7168 9 ай бұрын

@@NealHallinan sorry Neal, one more question. I've always wondered what "molar sense"/ "canine sense" means. Since our teeth aren't supposed to be touching in neutral, what does it mean when "we cant sense our molars"?

@ste6734 9 ай бұрын

@@HappyStar441very interested if you find someone to help. I had 4 implants that caused a decade of severe disabling body pain

@StarHarvestOfficial 10 ай бұрын

What do you think about DTR imaging and therapy?

@dbsean 2 ай бұрын

be curious to know Neal's opinion on DTR dentistry as well.

@jimsandlin4802 10 ай бұрын

Neal, I'm not sure where you are on your dental/airway journey, but there a few more factors at play than what you have discussed on your channel. I am somewhat familiar with PRI as well as the work of Racobado and have undergone a lot of the therapy you describe myself. Out of over twenty years experience treating myofacial, TMJ, and now airway related oral functional issues, I believe some of the cause and effects you describe can be understood through a different lens. I don't know who you saw in NY, but there are people up your way who can help you in a comprehensive and predictable manner. Please reach out to me if your would like to discuss further.

@user-uv3ho8dc7q 7 ай бұрын

Hey Jim, would love to chat with you about this. What’s the. Best way to get in contact?

@undefeat2000 11 ай бұрын

One thing I don't understand. If some people need a splint to have the correct bite and right sensations in the mouth, doesn't it mean they have to wear the splint all the time and if they stop the bite will fall apart? I haven't noticed you Neal wearing the splint anymore (or do you do it only at night). Basically, my confusion is whether the splint can have lasting results or you will get even more dependant on external jaw support?

@Hero_Of_Old 11 ай бұрын

From what I understand, it depends on how patterned you are and if you have any other things keeping you stuck. I wear my splint during the day, and my neck relaxes somewhat. If i stop wearing it for a few days I feel myself falling onto my right side again and head moving back. Still trying to work out what else is at play.

@vv7299 11 ай бұрын

Yes, there should be lasting results. All props are used to help the body "connect" certain areas, and bring them online, so to speak. There are many built-in redundancies, so you can start from various places, but eventually all systems need to be in sync. Also, every change in the body needs to be accompanied by adjustments above the neck, and especially in the eyes. Eyes are somehow connected to the teeth, and even without using any mouth devices, you can witness a radical reshaping of the gums and dental arches that happens via different pathways. One last thing, the body will let you know exactly what needs to shift and in which direction, if you pay attention. It's almost like a Rubik's cube with infinitely many colors, and which is self-solving. There seems to be a blueprint of sorts, stored deep inside the cells, that, when 'activated' triggers a process where movement happens at micro and macro levels, in a fractal like fashion, and the tissue shifts to a place where it 'belongs' . The end result of this self directed metamorphosis is tensional integrity and deep symmetry, at micro and macro scale.

@NealHallinan 11 ай бұрын

@@vv7299 Excellent explanation 👍

@NealHallinan 11 ай бұрын

@@Hero_Of_Old Correct. It all comes back to….”it depends”. Depends on the individual’s brain, their health history, postural stability, past athletic endeavors, trauma, etc…

@NealHallinan 11 ай бұрын

I do not wear mine too often anymore. Sometimes at night, or while doing computer work. The longer you wear it, and the more you reconnect with your body, the more your variability increases and the less your brain relies on “perfect” oral cavity function.

@CHewittMedia 9 ай бұрын

Is there anyone in New Zealand who treats these issues?

@prajwalranganath1877 5 ай бұрын

Hai @neal hallinan sir Im 25 years old Going through whatever u have experienced , but everything on the left side My left jaw pains , my left shoulder pains , my left hip and left back pains and left knee nowadays My right shoulder is 2-2.5cm above the left shoulder Am i in any sort of pattern? I do have specs , i had orthodontics treatment done when i was young , he imbalanced my jaw by removing only one pre molar on left side and one incisor on left side only Is that the reason for what iam going through Im indian , and in india there is no pri but we do have dentist who believe in neuromuscular dentistry Please reply sir As of now i have met the dentist and gotten the orthotics