my first mouthguard was purchased off the internet and advertised as an apnea device. It was about $100 and was a good quality, however, you're only supposed to form it one time and ...well....it took me three times until I got it correct, but by then the original form factor was lost.
2nd mouthguard was purchased at Academy Sports. It was just a regular football mouthguard that you boiled and formed same as the 1st mouthguard. It ended up being a little stiffer than I wanted. 3rd and current mouthguard was picked up at CVS. It's a mouthguard sold as a cure for teeth grinding, but it works just the same as the previous two. It's softer than the football one so I like it better. I recently had my wisdom teeth pulled and while I was there I explained to the dentist about the mouthguard and asked him if I was doing any damage by wearing it. He said no and that he had known of a couple of dentists that were fitting them professionally. He kinda rolled his eyes when I told him about buying one off the internet the first time :) When I first started using the mouthguard, my jaws did get a little sore. That was one of the reasons I had to reform the first mouthguard 3 times. I was a little overzealous in how far out my jaw should stick. As far as I know, this works only for closed mouth sleepers. I saw one mouthguard that was for open mouth sleepers, but I can't attest to how well that works. On 4/3/06, Earl, George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Zaphod Beeblebrox said: > > I haven't changed the setting yet as I'm still partial to my > > mouthguards, but it's always great to have a backup. > > More about the mouthguards, please. What kind do you get and where do > you get them? Off the shelf or fitted and prescribed by a dentist? Have > you noticed any side effects with your teeth or your bite or your jaw? I > wouldn't want to grow a wicked under bite or TMJ while trying to solve a > sleep problem . . . :) > > Thanks! > > George > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:202594 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
