This is helping my pain - Aqualizer Floating Action Oral Splint - TMJ Disorder -TemporoMandibular Joint Message Board

rubydoo63 · 09-20-2004, 11:14 AM

Hi All!

For the past few years, I have been waking up more and more with a terrible left earache, and just an overall soreness along my jawline. I went to an Ears-Nose-Throat guy and he said yes, I have TMJ. Then he basically said I just had to deal with it.

I have been researching on this site and others and have been looking for a night guard. Some are way too expensive, so I decided to start a bit conservative..

I purchased a Aqualizer Floating Action Oral Splint. It was about $13.00 and is supposed to last for about 2 months, depending on how badly I grind and clench. Anyway....after only 2 nights, I feel so much better. I do not wake up with an earache, and my jaw is only slightly sore. Much better. I am hoping that with using this regularly, my jaw MIGHT stop hurting.

If this continues to work for me, I will probably search around for another type of guard, one that I don't have to replace every 2 months.

Anyway...so far, this has seemed to help me.

Rubydoo..

jmdombr · 09-20-2004, 07:57 PM

Which model did you purchase?
I see there are many differnt styles
Like medium, ultra etc..

Thanks

rubydoo63 · 09-21-2004, 05:41 AM

HI.

I wasn't sure, so I went with the Medium size. It seems to fit ok. I have been using it for 3 nights now. I really like it, but I grind so much at night that I don't think this one will last longer than 2 weeks.

I need to find one that is a bit more permanent.

Jackie284 · 09-25-2004, 07:20 AM

Hi there,
this sounds really interesting, i suppose a bit like sleeping on a waterbed! - you muscles would not be pressed against any hard surfaces ?? - I am wondering also which one to get, I am in the UK, so i'd rather get a couple at the same time, but am worried I may bite holes in it, as I have bitten through other plastic guards in the past,. Any ideas anyone ??

thanks
Jackie

angtaylor · 09-27-2004, 07:45 PM

I think the company is located in the UK (so it may be easier for you to get).
One thing I'd worry about, though, is that the "chewy" feeling may actually *encourage* grinding (kind of like how chewing gum, and grinding itself, is stress-relieving). When I first began grinding, I used one of those sports mouthguards (cut down and boiled to fit my bite), but I found it did make me grind more. It's true there may be less resistance in the opposite direction (towards the teeth), and may be easier on the jaw itself, than a typical acrylic nightguard, but I'd rather get to the root of the problem - eliminating the grinding itself. Let me know if it helps though!