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Grinding teeth while asleep

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  • 23-03-2008 6:47pm
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    Xiney
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    It seems that due to whatever reasons (probably stress related), I've started grinding my teeth at night. My husband would wake me up so that I would stop, which makes him a brave, brave man. (I'm surprised and happy I didn't bite him!) But it wasn't really solving the problem.

    So last week I bought a rugby mouth guard and formed it to my teeth and everything, and I've been wearing it at night. Obviously I've now disallowed my molars from contacting each other if I do grind my teeth.

    However, I wake up with swollen gums, and my upper teeth are rather sore.



    Is there a better solution? (The source of stress is largely out of my control - not much chance of solving this at the root)


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    sxt
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    If you have a "boots" pharmacy in your area,they have a mouthguard which takes a mould of your teeth and doesn't touch the gums.They are very comfotable to wear ,cost about 30 euro I think


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    xanthe
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    sxt wrote: »
    If you have a "boots" pharmacy in your area,they have a mouthguard which takes a mould of your teeth and doesn't touch the gums.They are very comfotable to wear ,cost about 30 euro I think

    Heard about them and they do work very well indeed... good call


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    Xiney
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    sxt wrote: »
    If you have a "boots" pharmacy in your area,they have a mouthguard which takes a mould of your teeth and doesn't touch the gums.They are very comfotable to wear ,cost about 30 euro I think

    For 30 euro I'd sure hope it works!

    I'll check it out. Gosh, 30 euro though. wow.


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    sxt
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    It seems like alot I guesss,but compared to a dentist which would charge you up to 200 euros for a mouthguard,its a steal!:D...and it will put your mind at ease


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    Xiney
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    yeah, going to a dentist would be way worse in terms of money.

    still... I wonder if I should try cutting off the part of my rugby guard that touches the gums first, it only cost me 2.50.


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    tk123
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    Xiney wrote: »
    For 30 euro I'd sure hope it works!

    I'll check it out. Gosh, 30 euro though. wow.

    €30 is nothing!! - the real deal from the dentist is about €200 more -i'm collecting my new one this week after gnawing thru the current one!!:( There was a big debate on here about the pros/cons of buying them over the counter as apposed to getting them from the dentist. If you search back you'll find it - i think i might be in a thread I started after my poor mouth guard fell down the loo and was flushed away!:D:rolleyes::D


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