Patent ID: 7844340

Claim:
A method of performing improved dental treatments using transcutaneous electrical neural stimulation on a human patient, the method comprising: securing a first input electrode over a left trapezius muscle region of the patient; securing a second input electrode over a right trapezius muscle region of the patient; securing a third input electrode over a left posterior cervical and suboccipital muscle region of the patient; securing a fourth input electrode over a right posterior cervical and suboccipital muscle region of the patient; securing a fifth input electrode over a left preauricular area of the patient; securing a sixth input electrode over a right preauricular area of the patient; supplying a first electrical current to each of the first and second electrodes; supplying a second electrical current to each of the third and fourth electrodes; supplying a third electrical current to each of the fifth and sixth electrodes; and measuring an occlusion resulting from the first, second, and third supplied electrical currents to verify a desired head and neck rest position of the patient.