u/StefanTee

Hey, does anyone have experience in getting treated by Dr Bahar Esmaili or Dr Laura Torrado?

Hi everyone,

I got treatment with the ALF appliance plus a mandibularsplint for my tmj issues. I was wearing the devices for 6 months. While initially they made me feel amazing, that feeling was wearing off pretty quickly and my symptoms were creeping back. I saw my dentist a couple times and they made asjustments but it got worse and worse to a point that i had to stop the treatment.

Since then, i am just crashing and developed all kinds of dysautonomia symptoms. I have pain all over my body, constant panic attacs, extreme sensitivity to noise, light, dizziness and balance issues.

I did a CBCT scan and talked to another dentist, which said that the ALF only expanded one side of my cranium, leading to a severe cranial strain.

Anyone with similar experience? I am starting to loose hope as it has been 6 months since the treatment and i have not improved at all.

Hi everyone,

I got treatment with the ALF appliance plus a mandibularsplint for my tmj issues. I was wearing the devices for 6 months. While initially they made me feel amazing, that feeling was wearing off pretty quickly and my symptoms were creeping back. I saw my dentist a couple times and they made asjustments but it got worse and worse to a point that i had to stop the treatment.

Since then, i am just crashing and developed all kinds of dysautonomia symptoms. I have pain all over my body, constant panic attacs, extreme sensitivity to noise, light, dizziness and balance issues.

I did a CBCT scan and talked to another dentist, which said that the ALF only expanded one side of my cranium, leading to a severe cranial strain.

Anyone with similar experience? I am starting to loose hope as it has been 6 months since the treatment and i have not improved at all.

Hi everyone, I got treatment with the AlF, unfortunately the devices causes a lot of harm as it only expanded one side of my maxilla. The result is a severe cranial strain, with all kinds of nervous system issues.

There are a lot of papers out there by Gavin James and Dennis Stokon on how to correct cranial strains with the ALF. In most cases they use asymetrical designs with blocks on one side.

As of now, i could not find a provider using those protocolls, everyone i spoke to just uses symetrical Designs. Is anyone aware if there are any peoviders still following those protocols?