Grinding teeth & biteguard

I've been recommended the use of a biteguard by my dentist. I've noticed there's a product available in Boots for around €40 instead of €140 - can anyone let me know what exactly is the difference between the two? I was told that they weren't as good but I'm looking for an unbiased point of view instead of my dentist.

Cheers!

btkm8unsl0w5r4

You need a hard night guard for grinding not a soft gum shield, or sports guard. Soft guards make grinding worse. Ask you dentist about a hard all acrylic night splint, expect to pay more than 200 euro but it will last for years.

acermaple

I have been quoted over €250 for an anti grinding guard for my daughter, I have been looking at these ones on Amazon , would be interested in hearing peoples views, I think they send you a kit, you make the impression and they then make up a customised guard, they seem to have good reviews.

btkm8unsl0w5r4

diy is not the way to go, if the impression is inaccurate then it won't fit right and be uncomfortable. If its uncomfortable you won't wear it and you will get no benefit. Any device for grinding that not accurate, comfortable, well designed to your bite and properly adjusted and maintained will not work and is money down the drain.

Sometime the longest road is the shortest way home.....

Planet X

acermaple wrote: »

I have been quoted over €250 for an anti grinding guard for my daughter, I have been looking at these ones on Amazon , would be interested in hearing peoples views, I think they send you a kit, you make the impression and they then make up a customised guard, they seem to have good reviews.

sounds like that Mr Bean sketch.......

AANS (All Acrylic Night Splint) are handmade in Dental Labs., take a while to make accurately and usually are fit for purpose and will address the problem. Protrusive (forward) and lateral(side) movements are built in to the splint by the technician.

You cannot get this from a homemade "heat in the bag" piece of plastic.
Buy cheap buy twice etc.

acermaple

Thanks for your input and advice, off to the dentist so!

amdublin

I just got one made (dentist).
€180...and it has changed my life

But strangely enough I was in a sports shop and saw a gum shield (whoa they've come on a lot since I last used one 20 years ago) and there was a part of me that went, hmm I wonder would that have done as well as my €180 one

RuthieRose

Check out some of the denture clinics. If the person is a qualified technician then they may be able to make one for you cheaper than a dentist as they are just the middle man in all this. Its the labs that do all the work and for things like night stents and propper gum shields you can just visit a lab and talk to them. MUCH cheaper option!

btkm8unsl0w5r4

RuthieRose wrote: »

Check out some of the denture clinics. If the person is a qualified technician then they may be able to make one for you cheaper than a dentist as they are just the middle man in all this. Its the labs that do all the work and for things like night stents and propper gum shields you can just visit a lab and talk to them. MUCH cheaper option!

Eh no.....usually the technician returns a biteguard that requires about 90 minutes of complex adjustment. Also the dentist will often adjust the teeth prior to impressions. Your view is like saying that a carpenter is a middleman between you and the builders suppliers. There are also various designs of biteguard that a technician is not qualified to diagnose and prescribe correctly for your specific bite issues.

RuthieRose

Dallas Fluffy Quote wrote: »

Eh no.....usually the technician returns a biteguard that requires about 90 minutes of complex adjustment. Also the dentist will often adjust the teeth prior to impressions. Your view is like saying that a carpenter is a middleman between you and the builders suppliers. There are also various designs of biteguard that a technician is not qualified to diagnose and prescribe correctly for your specific bite issues.

Apologies. It's a clinical technician that does it. Not a regular technician.

helimachoptor

RuthieRose wrote: »

Apologies. It's a clinical technician that does it. Not a regular technician.

I think you're missing the point of Fitz's post Ruthie, a dentist is going to have to make adjustments to whatever comes back from the tech, the dentist is going to have to make pretty specific changes to it.