Grinding teeth while asleep; doctor advised $350 mouth guard...

[Peleke4]

I visited my dentist recently and had to get a crown. Dentist told me that I have significant grinding and recommended a $350 mouth guard to wear during sleep. Are there cheaper versions that anyone vouches for? Someone recommended that I use a simple mouth piece that football players use.

[Clarity]

the drug stores sell them I think about $50.

If you have a dental plan, a portion of it may be covered.

[Peleke4]

is there a significant difference between the dental mouthguards and the ones you can buy at the drug store?

[Clarity]

The one the dentist makes is form fitted to your teeth as he takes a mould. Mine was pretty tight that it was hard to get off some times. It even surprised the dentist.

I have never tried the ones in the stores to know how it would be. Mayby you could google about them.

Recently I was sent to a specialist and he wasn't convinced about the guards and said, "if you feel better with one, then use it but it is inconclusive". Maybe he said that because he wants patient's teeth to wear down so he gets more business.

[Clarity]

My dental plan does a preauthorization and paid up to $237 with me paying the balance.

[jippykid]

My wife recently needed to get one. The dental hygenist there told her not to waste the money on the fancy, dentist-recommended version, and suggested that we head to the pharmacy department of Walmart to pick a mouthguard up for $20.

[joelyle]

It worked for me...

[Lauxa]

The football player mouthpiece molds to your teeth too. I used one for a while. I always find mouth guards very inconvenient and stop using them after a few months, whenever my TMJ stops hurting. My dentist wasn't too happy about it, and wanted me to get the thinner one to wear in daytime also, but I think it worked just fine.

[Jennihul]

I've heard of good success stories with EFT...

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[MmeIntentional]

As a former Dental Nurse I would buy the $20-50 as mentioned. You will be truly ripped off if you spend any more. I have the same problem too but find wearing a mouth guard frustrating. However I do think they are a waste of money.

You are most pb stressed or doing it out of comfort and would look into putting your money there instead, so changing that rip off Dentist if I were you. It might be worth asking your dentist what's so special out the $350 mouth guard just to see what he/she says.

[cylon]

I spent $350 on one too, I have a good dental plan. I was surprised that it wasn't covered. My dentist kept telling me how important it was, because I grinded them so hard, it was so important that it was considered "cosmetic".

I stopped wearing it after a few months. My jaw doesn't hurt very much. As far as I knew, the only alternative was the doctor's night guard, where you had to boil a pot of water, stick the thing in there, it was messy. Maybe the ones in drugstores are more convenient these days.

But yeah, it's stress. Today I'm going to try to not drink coffee or smoke. Too much stres!

[Roni]

The ones at the dentist are a better fit. I didn't wear mine for years because I couldn't get used to it. Now I deal with the consequences. I've had to have a root canal on 2 teeth. And possibly cracked one. So, even though it's taking some time to get used to, I'm finally wearing the mouth piece. I kinda want to keep the rest of my teeth.

Roni

[Lynn 007]

I had a very similar situation and spent a lot of a money on a custom fitted mouthguard, along with department stores ones but none of them worked.

Recently I went to see a naturopath/kinisilogist on another matter but ended up mentioning I have a problem grinding my teeth. The person I went to see, advised me it was from muscles in the roof of my mouth not being exercised. With gloves on he "stretched" the muscles in the roof of my mouth with his thumbs. He didn't touch my teeth but just stretched the muscle towards my teeth while I took a deep breath. His focus was at the back of the mouth, near the molars then in the middle of the mouth, always stretching towards the teeth.

I went to see this person on a completly different matter and within two minutes he fixed my teeth grinding. I have not grind? grounded my teeth in 7 month and my husband of 20 years is a very very very very happy man. As a side note, he also fixed the original ailment I went to see him for.

[ripcurly]

i used to grind my teeth all the time. i have found that lots of excersise, meditation, yoga, application of personal development principles, and a change in my diet to a 100 percent raw vegan diet has worked for me. in particular it has been the diet, as well as doing my best every single day. going to bed knowing i did all i could do to the best of my ability just gives me a very relaxed, satisfied, content feeling. and the raw food has just made me much mellower and relaxed. also, if you are getting a generous amount of nutrients (like you would when your diet consists primarily of raw fruits and veggies), your teeth will have the resources at their disposal to re enamel.. there is this stuff called tooth soap that you can get on fredericpatenaude.com that has really helped my teeth. regular toothpaste has vegetable glycerin which coats the teeth and takes 20 to 30 rinses to get off, and this glycerin prevents reenamelization. toothsoap is basically soap (doesnt taste super soapy though), and it rinses off your teeth in 2-3 rinses, allowing the process of reenamelization to occur. so if you are grinding your teeth down and what not, you will be able to grow some back