Surviving the Dentist – Night Guard

many of my friends at night guards let
their dentist is given them and what
what is an iconic I don’t know what it
is at all a night guard is a an acrylic
appliance that protects the surfaces of
the teeth like it also asks to deprogram
the musculature very often if I have a
patient that is complaining of headaches
that they wake up in their jaw sore
stiff and after I take a look outside
and see that the muscles are actually
tender and the teeth sometimes will have
signs as well of grinding or clenching
I’ll normally suggest a night guard okay
what a night guard does not only does it
protect the teeth from the severe forces
of contraction of the jaw but it also
deep programs the muscle for example if
I would ask you to do an arm curl with a
barbell and if it were a heavy weight
you want to bring it up to here and you
have maximum force when you pull your
curl in but if I had your arms straight
it’s much harder that’s why you see
people kind of get the momentum to bring
it up okay a night guard does a similar
thing where it keeps the jaws open a
little bit and so a deep programs the
musculature so that you’re not going to
grind and clench your teeth so would you
recommend a night guard funny as it for
generally out of good health for
everybody no gallon are just to collect
you just particular people people who
have what we call a myofascial pain
dysfunction meaning soreness of the jaw
joint and soreness in the musculature
because of clenching or grinding
not much we can do if you’re grinding
and clenching drink day at work I don’t
know if you want to wear night there
that’s right especially