teeth grinding clenching

[noddyholder]

I have known for years that I do this and have a broken tooth today which I'm sure is a result of this Also I ahve been plagued with migraines and jaw pain for years and am beginning to think the two are related.Do any of you have any experience of this I have searched the web and it seems the dentist can make some sort of mouth guard to stop it Anyone?

[lucycinco]

My dh had a mouth guard made as he is a grinder. It worked wonders. It was a plastic mould that fitted around his teeth.

[noddyholder]

Did it stop that headachey feeling?

[lucycinco]

yes, dh used to wake up in the mornings with tension type headaches and his teeth were constantly on edge. You should chat to a dentist, if i remember rightly it was all very straight forward.

[noddyholder]

thankyou I am going first thing Monday to get the broken tooth sorted and will ask/beg him then.Was it expensive ? Sorry for all the questions but quite excited at the prospect of an end to this

[TicTacsMum]

An alternative would be to buy a rugby/hockey mouthguard - one that you can dip in boiling water to mould to the shape of your mouth. It would be very similar to the one I got from my dentist to wear at night (and probably considerably cheaper).

[gossifer]

noddyholder
i grind my teeth and have a plastic mouthguard the dentist made, cost about £100, they had to do a mould and send it off
you get free dental care if your preggers and for a year after baby born though!

[Aimsmum]

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[BadHair]

Be careful with a hard plastic mouth guard. Dp used to have one and one night, in his sleep, he ground his teeth so hard that he splintered the plastic. Woke up choking on it. Took it back to the dentist next day and dentist was totally unconcerned, just told him that he couldn't do anything else for him, bye bye. So dp just left it.

Needless to say, that was before he met me!

[noddyholder]

I have an nhs dentist but would pay am so fed up with this and I am worried now that I have fractured a tooth

[melissasmummy]

The type of mouthguard that you buy for rugby/sport are only to be worn for short periods and are NOT meant to help with bruxism! (clenching & grinding) I would not recommend you buy one of these for a grinding problem. Bruxisms mouthguards should be hard plastic & should be correctly fitted by a qualified dentist.

The other problem is they are soft plastic & you will grind through them, and this may eventually exaserbate the problem.

[JoolsToo]

I've got a mouthguard but it was made specially for me - actually only worn it once or twice