my brother is a dentist and he often prescribes mouth-guards for people who grind their teeth at night. If you get one from a dentist they will fit it to your teeth. there is no change to your bite that i know of.
On 4/3/06, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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:5:202610 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
