Is a Dental Night Guard the Best Teeth Grinding Cure?
A dental night guard is the main form of prevention / cure used by people who suffer from bruxism – which you may know better as the grinding of teeth at night. Surprisingly, most people will suffer from bruxism at some point in their life, although in many cases it is a passing phase and no further treatment is required. However, when treatment is required, a dental night guard is the most common form of treatment. It is both a prevention and a cure in that it works by physically stopping you being able to grind your teeth together. However it’s not a cure in the sense that often, when the night guard is taken away, the grinding of teeth will resume – i.e. without that physical prevention there, the mouth will go back to doing what it has always done. This can be an annoying experience for anyone who does make use of a dental mouth guard. It can make traveling and sharing a bed with a new partner an awkward experience, whether it’s because you forgot the mouth guard or because you don
