Anyone had a mouth guard made for teeth grinding?

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I grind my teeth at night and have to have a mouth guard made by the dentist. I'm a bit of a wuss about the dentist as I have a very over-sensitive gag reflex - they eventually gave up trying to give me x-rays as I couldn't hold the thing in my mouth without gagging, even when they tried the chidren's one . I'm guessing having a mouthguard made is going to involve having stuff put in my mouth, can anyone tell me about it so I know what to expect?

I had one made for bruxism caused by Citalopram.
The dentist makes you bite into a lump of plasticiney stuff and you hold it in your teeth for just a minute.

They send the mold away to be made and it only takes a few days.

Dentist then checks to see if it fits well and you put it in after you brush your teeth at night. I found hugely helpful and it did not bother me at night. After a few nights, you tend to forget it is in your mouth.

MY DH has one- they just put clay stuff in his mouth to get an impression...I think...it was really simple (he said).

Plasticiney stuff is probably a more accurate description than clay stuff by the way!

the biting into the mould only takes a very short time - less than a minute. doesn't taste of anything either. I am a dentist wuss too. was thinking very hard of nice beaches and palm trees.

I don't wear mine often. I can go off to sleep in it OK but tend to take it out in my sleep. works best when I'm very stressed about something as that's when I do the jaw clenching and teeth grinding.

Aha, light bulb moment - I am on Citalopram and am trying to reduce it, so that makes a lot of sense!

Okay, it sounds like I will be embarassing myself again gagging all over the place, hey ho, best to know what I'm in for. I do feel a bit sorry for my dentist.

Sorry forgot to say, thank you!

Gag not.

It takes less than a few seconds and you don't swallow anything. Honestly. I am gagtastic at the best of times but assure you it will be ok.

Thank you GentleOtter, I've now got a fortnight to wind myself up be calm and reasonable before my appointment so I will keep telling myself it will only take a few seconds, and I can cope with that.

Please let us know how you get on in a fortnight and we can all be reassuring before you go.

I saw your other thread and the grinding does stop once the Citalopram is out of your system.

It's two weeks tomorrow, so I'll come back for some reassurance when I get in a flap which I'm sure I will nearer the time! Thanks.

I am also a molar patient,yesterday,I saw a website,www.noteethgrinding.com,good content for teeth grinding,recommend it to you.

I am also a molar patient,yesterday,I saw a website,www.noteethgrinding.com,good content for teeth grinding,recommend it to you.

Ohh I'll have a look, thanks. I'm having my mouthguard made tomorrow but I'm feeling surprisingly okay about it atm [pride goes before a fall emoticon]

Ok well it's done and I am in one piece! The process wasn't too much fun (I hyperventilated a bit when she said 'it might run down your throat' ) but I got through it okay. The dentist first tried to make a top teeth mould but I couldn't tolerate the mould tray thing so she did a bottom mould which didn't go so far back in my mouth so was doable. So anyone else who has to have one made, if I can do it you definitely can! Thanks to everyone who posted here it was really reassuring to know what was going to happen beforehand.

PS £120!!!!

£120? That's shocking. I clamp my jaw rather than grind. I got a referral to maxillofacial surgeon via GP, so all free, so far.

I find mine a pain in the tit to wear, even after several months.

Dh is having one of these made as he is a teeth grinder too, his is going to cost £95!

He is having alot of work done though and the dentist doesn't want him to ruin it by grinding it all away!