Hi my name is Melissa Smith and I first met Dr. Mistry through a referral from my primary dentist.
The symptoms that I was experiencing there were popping and locking, occasional headaches that I
had a hard time getting rid of. I didn't really go to her right away, I waited until I started
to just get these really intense headaches that I couldn't do anything to help. I would try Tylenol
and Ibuprofen and ice and heat and laying on my back and stretching out my neck - I was trying all
the things and nothing was helping... so I finally decided to make an appointment with Dr. Mistry. I
had my first visit and I just felt really.. um, I was kind of nervous, I was like,
"I don't really know what they're gonna be able to do for me" and so when I go there, I was
really impressed by 1) the friendliness of the office staff - they were really great,
personable, which I really appreciate and [2] also their COVID precautions that they
had established - I felt very safe in the space, which was important to me at the time - still is,
but you know it was in the midst of the COVID pandemic when I first went, so I was a little bit
nervous about that as well but I felt very very safe in the space with what they had established.
So for my treatment, I was given a nightguard and dayguard to wear and I, and I also did.. they also
went back for some manual manipulation for about a month I would say. And the
severe headache that I had, that was my chief complaint, and it went away within
a week of me wearing my night and dayguards, which was super impressive to me because I
had tried everything. So I was very impressed and just overjoyed that that headache had gone
away and really it's helped me not have as many headaches. I used to get headaches quite often
and really my headaches have drastically improved since I've been wearing my night and day guards.
So for the headaches it was about a week of wearing my night and day guards before
it really went away and I started to notice an improvement with my headaches. And then
for the popping and locking, I would say it was like a month-ish and I noticed an improvement. It
still was there, but I didn't feel nervous about taking a big bite of that hamburger.. that my
jaw was gonna get locked open or locked in a weird position as I chewed, so that was really
nice too. Who doesn't like to just take a big bite of their hamburger and not worry about their jaw
locking? So I highly recommend Dr. Mistry and her office. It just was a good experience for me
and really I didn't even know that this kind of dentistry existed so I was really
thankful to my primary dentist for recommending me.
I just felt really heard while I was at the office. Dr. Mistry really did a good job of
doing a really good history and seeing what could possibly be the cause of my symptoms.
And I just felt very heard and she, I just felt like she just really took the time. I didn't feel
like a number to her, I felt like she really cared and wanted to help me. So I highly recommend their
office if you have any sort of headaches that are unexplainable or popping or locking, even
if it's mild like mine. I mean, the improvement to my life has been really wonderful. With just
how mild my symptoms were, I didn't realize how much they were affecting my life. So I highly
recommend Dr. Priya Mistry and I hope that you take that step and you go and get help as well!