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MCB Splint. Once dentists gain sufficient experience and become skilled after attending the MCB Splint Seminar, patients in each country will no longer need to travel to Korea for MCB treatment.

MCB Splint.

Once dentists gain sufficient experience and become skilled after attending the MCB Splint Seminar, patients in each country will no longer need to travel to Korea for MCB treatment.

I am sharing the treatment experience of Esmir Hidic, who visited from Canada for MCB therapy. The following is the change he described after 45 treatment sessions. The before-and-after photos were taken after 128 MCB treatments over 9 days, during which the treatment effect of the previous MCB/H changed from 10 minutes to 1 hour.

MCB treatment – My review after 45 sessions completed

The MCB treatment is definitely working, it’s faster and more effective than I thought!

After only 45 sessions, I was able to notice the following changes:

1- Both my jaws (maxilla and mandible) rotated forward. I can finally notice my jaw

line, angles are getting better, fuller jaws when they sit at the right position. I

didn’t think I would see such changes with only 45 sessions.

2- My occlusion has gotten better, just by changing the position of the jaws. The

teeth seem to adapt along the way.

3- My whole body is unfolding, untwisting and look more natural, just like it’s meant

to look after birth. Good proportions and alignment at the facial level, shoulders,

hips, knees and ankles.

4- My breathing unclogged through my nose by the realignment of the sphenoid

bone.

5- My neck pain at C1, C2, C3 level also improved, not at 100% yet, but it will

eventually.

6- My right hip pain is getting better too. Not 100% back to normal, but that will

take more time and more sessions as it’s deeply jammed.

7- My facial pains stopped for the most part.

8- Mentally, I have less brain fog now, I’m more joyful and stable. I became more at

peace with myself and less stressed. I can finally complete tasks that requires

significant mental effort.

9- The tension and stiffness in my overall body have decreased, especially in my

arms. I can now use my hands better to grab things and I don’t have as many

cramps in my fingers as before.

10- My skin became more soft, less dry, less dandruff, etc. More tolerance to sunlight.

Overall, everything is improving well. I’m looking forward for my 80 sessions remaining!

Hopefully that will be enough to achieve 100% of my goals and enjoy a pain-free life as before

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TMJ Treatment and Change:

When will we be ready to embrace it?

Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) treatment has had many proposed methods over time, but there does not yet seem to be a method that has definitively proven effective for the whole body.

Not long ago, a practicing physician from Prague visited my clinic during orthodontic bracket treatment. She was diagnosed with facial asymmetry and body misalignment, and experienced MCB splint therapy. She was aware that bodily misalignment is related to asymmetry in the facial bones.

Yesterday, a person from Canada came in; this individual had undergone extraction orthodontics and whom I had consulted with online three years ago.

There are many around the world—including in Korea—who claim not only to treat TMJ or craniofacial structures, but to treat systemic disorders. Most of them use applied kinesiology for diagnosis and treatment. I myself served for five years as a dental director in a Korean applied kinesiology organization. It is a good discipline. Yet many people—including in Korea—have not gone beyond the level of using applied kinesiology. For example, in the case of the TMJ: applied kinesiology can determine which side of the joint is problematic, and can evaluate how effective a TMJ device is. However, it cannot reveal the direction of asymmetry between the right and left TMJs, or the detailed joint motion. The way to know those is through osteopathic medicine. In Korea, there is almost no practice of osteopathy. 99% of the population do not know the word “osteopath,” and few have experienced osteopathic treatment. It takes a long time to understand the motility of the TMJ.

I have devoted my life to performing orthodontic treatment for people with TMJ problems. Even in the United States, where osteopathy was born and has developed, it seems that almost no one applies the concept of osteopathy when fabricating splints for the TMJ.

Dentistry still remains dominated by the concept of CR (Centric Relation). Many osteopathic physicians have long claimed that the temporal bones move, and treat on that basis, yet the mainstream thinking has not changed. Many dentists still believe that if the mandible (lower jaw) is asymmetric or if the lengths on the right and left differ, surgery is required, and they in fact treat by surgery.

When will this way of thinking about the TMJ change?

Dentists around the world must recognize that treating patients based on the conventional habitual jaw position can significantly impact their lives.

One key consequence is reduced blood circulation in the cranial region. This effect can be felt by anyone.

First, palpate the arterial pulse around the eyebrows while the teeth are not in contact. Then, close the teeth together and observe the change in pulse. If the pulse weakens or disappears when the teeth are in contact, it means lifelong reduced blood circulation to the brain.

On the other hand, when the mandible is positioned in the MCB position, a strong pulse can clearly be felt.

Dentists, when your patients discover this fact, how will you take responsibility? You cannot simply claim ignorance to escape accountability.

This patient had undergone brain surgery for a meningioma. The attached images show the EEG changes before and after MCB splint therapy.

Before treatment (left EEG)

There is a marked imbalance in absolute power within the Delta and Theta frequency bands.

Alpha and Beta rhythms are unevenly distributed, with noticeable asymmetry.

Phase lag and abnormal coherence connections (red lines) are evident, indicating overall instability in brain signaling.

After treatment (right EEG)

The imbalance in Delta and Theta bands is reduced, while Alpha and Beta power are more evenly distributed.

Both absolute and relative power appear stabilized, showing a trend toward normalization.

Phase lag and abnormal network complexity are reduced, reflecting improved functional harmony and neural stability.

In Parkinson’s disease, dopamine-producing neurons in the substantia nigra are damaged, leading to imbalance in the basal ganglia circuits. This causes tremors, bradykinesia, and postural instability. The MCB splint repositions the mandible into the three-dimensional MCB position, aligning the mandible with the cranium. This stabilizes the temporomandibular joint, temporal bones, and occipital structures. When the cranial base becomes stabilized, the functional tension of cranial nerves such as the trigeminal, hypoglossal, and vagus nerves decreases, and the brainstem’s neural regulation becomes smoother. As a result, neural input to the midbrain and basal ganglia is stabilized, reducing or even stopping involuntary tremors of the hands and body. Furthermore, balancing the jaw and cranial structures helps normalize sensory input to the vestibular system and cerebellum, improving fine motor control and enabling the patient to regain finger movements. Therefore, the MCB splint acts not only as a dental appliance but also as a neuro-cranial stabilizer that improves some symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.

!!! Seeking collaborators for MCB position research

We plan a prospective, randomized crossover study testing brain, autonomic, airway, posture, and occlusal-mechanics changes with the mandible set in the MCB position, using objective endpoints (T-Scan, sEMG, HRV, PSG, CBCT, posturography, fNIRS).

We welcome university and hospital teams in Orthodontics/Oral Physiology/TMD, Sleep Medicine, Rehabilitation/Biomechanics, Neuroscience, and OMM.

IRB-based protocol and multicenter standardization provided.

"If we proceed with the research together, I will first teach the dentists there the MCB splint treatment method."