I found this study today through Google Scholar which shows fairly remarkable results in improving Meniere's symptoms in 86 people. What they did appears to be basically rebalancing the way the teeth sit together in the mouth by testing the bite and then using the test to figure out which teeth to modify. That's what I take away from it anyway. It's important to view these things a bit skeptically and especially in this case as they selected people who were already coming to the dentist and then happened to also have Meniere's, so maybe not every case can be helped by this. Additionally this is not the first study I've seen which says "we cured Meniere's in a bunch of people!" However the results are pretty remarkable so I thought it was worth posting. > Conclusions: In this group of MD subjects, occlusal factors were the major contributor to their MD condition as all occlusally treated subjects reported reductions in symptom frequency, intensity, and duration following DTR therapy. MD may have an overlooked occlusal etiology in long Disclusion Time. DTR should be considered a treatment option in patients diagnosed with MD. https://adtt.scholasticahq.com/article/40334-meniere-s-disease-patients-treated-with-disclusion-time-reduction-dtr-a-retrospective-cohort-study-of-86-patients-part-1-of-4
I can't edit my post now but I also just wanted to add more info: The dentistry therapy they used is called "Disclusion Time Reduction" and what it fixes is "occlusal factors". Their process selected for people who already had dentistry issues as they were going to the dentist. They didn't have a control group which is a bit of a red flag in any study. That said, still interesting and might be useful to somebody.
I just had this done a week and a half ago. The theory makes sense and the results are encouraging. Man I hope it works!
Short version - I had a few crowned teeth in the back that were too high and causing all sorts of problems like clenching, grinding and causing my jaw to pivot funny. The crown that precipitated my Meniere's issues was high enough that regular pressure from chewing was causing it to put pressure on my trigeminal nerve and resulted in unbearable TMJD pain. What's really crazy is those teeth were only fractions of a millimeter off but that teeny tiny difference was causing absolute chaos. Since the adjustment I've noticed all kinds of improvements primarily there is ZERO pain in any of my teeth anymore, the TMJD pain/grinding/clenching nonsense is totally gone and my tinnitus in my Meniere's ear fluctuates from 3 to 1 now rather than 3 to 6. The DTR solved nearly all my dental issues. The Meniere's stuff can take years to heal (or so they tell me). So far so good. My dentist turned me on to this stuff by telling me to put my fingers in my ears and open and close my mouth. Your friggin jaw is in your ears man.
It's funny I always thought that my teeth was what caused my Meniere's. I was a stubborn kid and stupidly didn't go to the dentist, when I was in my twenties and I did go, the dentist saw that a baby tooth was still there inside my upper molars on the right side and pushing it out. He removed the baby tooth but the upper set of teeth are still pushed out on the right side. Roughly 15 years later I start getting tinnitus in the right ear. 6 years after that I got my first spell of vertigo. Then an MRI shows endolymphatic hydrops. I think that it was gradually causing a problem in my ear, so gradual it took a decade and a half to cause noticeable symptoms. Which would explain why this disease takes so long to progress. If this is true maybe getting braces might cure it. Would be 40 years after I should have done but better late than never.