How do mouthguards work?

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How do mouthguards work when you’re asleep? If you grind your teeth in your sleep, wouldn’t you still grind them now just with plastic or something between them?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

The plastic is a lot softer than your teeth. you will eventually grind the mouthguard to pieces, then you can replace it.

New mouthguard is cheaper than dental work.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Yes you will still grind them, but now you aren’t grinding teeth against teeth. I grind my teeth in my sleep (have for years) and because of it, a couple of my incisors have been ground down and flattened. With a mouth guard, that grinding wouldn’t have happened as the rubber acts as a soft, pressure absorbing barrier between my teeth.

Anonymous 0 Comments

It’s much better to grind your teeth against rubber or softer plastic than against your teeth