Upper Night Guard vs. Lower Night Guard
Posted on 25. Apr, 2010 by Ben in Grinding Teeth
When you’re shopping around for a night guard for teeth grinding, you’ll realize that there are two fundamental types of night guards: upper jaw night guards, and lower jaw night guards. Upper night guards are usually more customizable, offering a secure fit and protection for all teeth. Lower night guards are often adjustable and use far less material than their upper-jaw counterparts.
Upper Jaw Night Guard
The video below shows an example of a customizable upper night guard made by DenTek Oral Care. On this night guard, there’s a custom form layer that molds to your teeth and gums for superior retention. It also has a “Grind Shield Layer” that protects all your teeth from grinding, which is similar in design to the $500 nightguards prescribed by dentists. These nightguards are easy to fit, and stays in place with less bulk.
If you find the nightguards that dentists make too hard and uncomfortable, then this night guard could just be the thing for you. I like this nightguard because it costs significantly less, and is easy to mold to fit the shape of your teeth perfectly. Tens of thousands of people have used this upper nightguard to relieve them of pain caused by teeth grinding. This is a quality product by Dentek that promises NO more pain, and NO more discomfort.
Lower Jaw Night Guard
The video below shows an example of an adjustable lower night guard. This night guard does not need boiling and is ready to wear right out of the box. The advantages of this lower jaw nightguard (DenTek Comfort-Fit Dental Guard), is that it uses less material and has all the advantages of an upper jaw night guard.
Most people find that this fits them perfectly, but if not, then adjustments are easily done. It is very comfortable, and you’ll forget that it’s even there when you’re sleeping. The price of this nightguard makes them very inexpensive when compared to other models, and especially with the custom-made ones you can purchase through your dentist. They are more expensive than the mouth guards that you have to boil, but also are far more comfortable.
About Me:
Hi, my name's Ben, and I'm a long-time sufferer of bruxism - a condition in which I grind on my teeth all night long, causing me to wake up with a sore jaw and have occasional headaches. I started this site to journal my experience with bruxism and my progress to finding a cure.
Recommended Mouth Guards
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SleepRight will protect your teeth from the forces that teeth grinding will generate. It is intended to be worn the whole night and even during daytime.
By avoiding your jaws to meet, the SleepRight device will decrease muscular tensions, relieve your joints, protect your teeth as well as their supporting bones, and could even make you lose your teeth grinding reflex.
As this device is mainly worn during your sleep, it is essential, during daytime, to try control the clenching and rubbing of your teeth so as to force yourself to lose the reflex action of teeth grinding.
SleepRight provides your teeth relief from teeth grinding. Buy the SleepRight mouth guard.
