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Mouth gaurd issues?

  • 13-05-2017 11:55am
    #1
    Kklyn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭


    I am now wearing a dental guard (plastic reboilable one) at night. Now the spot of gum near only one tooth is aching and swollen. When I put my guard in and off it really hurts!! What should I do? My mouth guard isn't too tight or loose either I don't think.


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  • #2
    davo10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,926 ✭✭✭davo10


    Kklyn wrote: »
    I am now wearing a dental guard (plastic reboilable one) at night. Now the spot of gum near only one tooth is aching and swollen. When I put my guard in and off it really hurts!! What should I do? My mouth guard isn't too tight or loose either I don't think.

    Boil and suck guards are for the most part useless, and may even be damaging to your teeth because they are not balanced when your teeth occlude. Chances are you now have a periodontal issue/abscess on your tooth. Unless they are balanced, when you bite up against the guard, you put more load on one area than the others, that drives the teeth in this area upward and the opposing teeth downwards, it also puts uneven loads on your jaw joints.

    You need to go to a dentist asap, bring the guard with you.


  • #3
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,535 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    davo10 wrote: »
    Boil and suck guards are for the most part useless, and may even be damaging to your teeth because they are not balanced when your teeth occlude. Chances are you now have a periodontal issue/abscess on your tooth. Unless they are balanced, when you bite up against the guard, you put more load on one area than the others, that drives the teeth in this area upward and the opposing teeth downwards, it also puts uneven loads on your jaw joints.

    You need to go to a dentist asap, bring the guard with you.

    Agreed with Davo except for the bold part. That guard should be placed in the bin and forgotten about. It is a sports guard and a bad one at that. It is not a grinding device and likely doing more harm than good.


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