I clench my teeth, so a soft one would be fine. He prescribed a football mouthguard for my mom, who grinds.
Said he could make me one that would work marginally better, but it would cost me like $100, so why not go drop $3 and see if it worked? It did (I stopped wearing it when I stopped clenching my jaw). Mom's works well, BTW. --Ben Robert Munn wrote: > that's funny! i bought one at sports chalet- a soft sports-type one. my > brother says he prefers to prescribe hard ones for teeth grinding because > the soft ones don't make you stop grinding, they just keep it from hurting. > > On 4/3/06, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> My dentist told me to buy one at Wal*Mart. :-) >> >> --Ben >> >> Robert Munn wrote: >>> 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. >> > > -- > --------------- > Robert Munn > www.funkymojo.com > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:202642 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
