interm nightguard

richardw001

sounds like a cliche I know - however the dog ate my nightguard yesterday :-)

Anyways I have a bit of work to be done on my teeth - four fillings (one of them a possible root canal) and a crown on a root canal that's just been done.

So just wondering - should I go ahead and get another night guard straight away - or look at some interm solution -until I have all the work completed.

My short term concern is that I will grind and do damage - especially to the root canal that's been done (its had a core and post - no crown yet) - so I don;t think sleeping without something is a option.

I imagine I will need a new night guard once all of the above work is done - and but my dentist is quite busy so that could take weeks - any interm solutions out there ? there seem to be over the counter options - was looking at that sleepright thing however not sure if its any good.

Other thing is I have the mould from my own one (its very recent - under a month old) - can I bring that directly to a dental mechanic or something - to get a new one done for less than the 150 euro I was charged for the original one ?

richardw001

Okay - just an update - getting a new one made up by the dentist based on the mould for 50 euro (at cost?) - so happy out.

The only thing is that on my googling and research - it appears that these mouthguards might not be the best approach in the longer term - I'm going to talk to my dentist regarding this today

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Soft mouth guards are not good long term. Dentists opinions will vary. But IMHO a hard night guard last longer, does not induce clenching and its a better investment. There are some half way bilaminar guards, the jury is out on them but they are better than soft ones.

richardw001

How about those sleepright ones ? - there's a very slick .ie website selling these (has softlinks to the irish dental association etc.)

When I was checking this area out yesterday some people seemed to be by all accounts using sports guards and all sorts of things.

btkm8unsl0w5r4

richardw001 wrote: »

How about those sleepright ones ? - there's a very slick .ie website selling these (has softlinks to the irish dental association etc.)

When I was checking this area out yesterday some people seemed to be by all accounts using sports guards and all sorts of things.

Anything non custom will not work. Anything that does not cover all the teeth in one arch will cause tooth movement issues, anything soft will cause clenching long term. Best be guided by your dentist.

richardw001

Will do - thanks for the advice (again!)