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Online HeidtXtreme

Dental night guards
« on: Today at 03:07:29 PM »
Is the science behind modern night guards real? I had braces 4 years ago and I’ve been trying to get a new night guard for weeks now. The ones from the dentists are hundreds of dollars, even over a thousand, at times. But the putty molds you can get from a custom lab for under 200 dollars are incredibly hard to get “perfectly right”, which they require to make the mold. I’m worried about my teeth shifting because they’ve always told me that is what will happen if I don’t wear my night guard. But is this just more false modern science? What was the purpose of braces in the first place, if my teeth will just go back to how they were without extra post-braces retainers or night guards?
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Offline DirigeNos

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Re: Dental night guards
« Reply #1 on: Today at 03:43:27 PM »
Some dentists will put a permanent wire behind your teeth after braces. I dont like the idea of metal in my body if I can avoid it. I had braces for 7 years as a kid followed by 7 years of clear night guards. I was also told Id have to wear the retainers my whole life or my teeth would move back. After 7 years of night guards which cause a person to involuntarily bite down while sleeping and cause migraines, I got sick of the night guards and threw them in the trash.

For 10 years my teeth didnt move much but now they are going out of alignment again. It's not bothering me much so I dont want to do anything more about it. My teeth are so crowded, I can barely get floss between them. haha 
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