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I LOVE my Therabite. My prothodontist thinks that the Therabite is way overpriced and he prefers that patients do the stretching exercises plus use the tongue depressers do it yourself therabite (you put them all together and slide another one in but mine just fell apart and I never used it after the first attempt). The first time TX back in 07 only reduced me down to about 25mm so I toughed it out. This time I could barely open one finger wide and with more radiation coming up, the Therabite has been wonderful. However I got it for FREE from my Speech Therapist as part of the Cancer program at Inova Alexandria Hospital. My CCC at Georgetown was going to charge me about $900 and under insurance I would have had to pay about $200 so I lucked out. Check with your insurance company to see if it would be covered,as well as if there are discounts from the hospital. It is just a piece of plastic with handles and graduated stops - not hi tech at all but it does work. There used to be a specific mention of it in the OCF materials and it is the only one with documented studies on its effectiveness.