Debbie46

Hi, Elis. After reading your post, is is clear you need to get a night guard. Grinding your teeth at night is very hard on your teeth....you are right to be concerned about it. You have two options: go to your dentist and have him make you one...this isn't real cheap. I used a night guard for a long time. A friend of mine suggested I go to a sporting good store; buy a regular mouth guard. You have to take it home, dip it in boiling water for maybe 30 seconds; pull it out of the water (I used tongs), and before it cooled too much, put in on your upper teeth: bite down, and it will conform to the shape of your teeth. You can buy these night nights for like $3.00, and they work as good as one's you have made at your dentist, for much more. A friend of mine spend good money on getting a mouth guard for her son, made by her dentist; then she found out about buying a similar one at a sporting goods store(which she bought and now uses herself); and she told me both of them looked almost the same. Plus, they last ages. To clean them, just scrub daily with your toothbrush and toothpaste. This will take the pressure off your teeth, and maybe your pain will heal in time. Good luck to you, Elis! Debbie
P.S. I actually copied and pasted this post to you, Elis. Someone else was having bottom front tooth dental pain, but her dentist could see no major damage done so far. After reading her post, I wrote her this suggestion, as she said she had a problem with grinding her teeth at one point. Grinding your teeth can have very serious long term consequences; so do get a mouth guard ASAP. I used one for 2 years; had no problems with it (one I bought at a sporting goods store).