Can I just get like a football mouthpiece and make my own mouthpiece to keep my from clenching my jaw and grinding all night long due to stress I can't change because of poor health ?
2007-09-27 02:02:35 · 6 answers · asked by I Love Jesus 5 in Health ➔ Dental
NORMALLY Dentist appear to tell you to go buy a Mouthguard from the store.
However, the Dentist I have right now are being maniacs. *rants*
You probably should look for a Dentist that does Payment plans if you haven't been to a Dentist in some time, just to make sure things are okay.
I have heard Dentist recommend some people and usually women to get Children's size. I would use a Mouth Rinse every night before you put it in to make sure nothing grows, some people might recommend something that is a Dangerous level of Fluoride that you are supposed to not Swallow while it's in your mouth, but Fluoride absorbs into your system through alot of things.. so it would just seep in even if you could prevent yourself from swallowing in your sleep.
Last time I was at the store I noticed Mouthguards and they were 25-30 dollars, I hear they are 50 dollars at stores that are ripoffs and 8-15 in areas where alot fo stores have them.
2007-09-27 02:25:17 · answer #1 · answered by sailortinkitty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My wife wears a mouthpiece prescribed by the dentist to prevent this at night. I believe that you can obtain a mouthpiece at a sporting goods store and this would prevent this. This is an opinion, not medical advice.
2007-09-27 02:13:01 · answer #2 · answered by Wylie Coyote 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can now buy them without a prescription. Just go to a larger pharmacy (Wal-Mart has them) and you will find them.
Here's a link to one I found from drugstore.com:
http://www.drugstore.com/search/search_results.asp?N=0&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&Ntk=All&srchtree=1&Ntt=mouth+guard
2007-09-27 02:06:24 · answer #3 · answered by Oreo Schmoreo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's called Bruxism. Most say it's caused by stress. Try this site I hope it might help:
2007-09-27 02:12:47 · answer #4 · answered by icebox 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
suggest u find a dental school in ur area and let them "play" with u -- real cheap way to get dental work done
2007-09-27 02:06:12 · answer #5 · answered by de viking 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i was looking for something too,,, and i found one at wal-mart, near the pharmacy... it lloked like a really good one, but i had no money that day for it.....so look around , you should be able to find something....
2007-09-27 02:14:01 · answer #6 · answered by smurfette 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋