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What Is Dental Night Guards ? Is It Useful ?

My husband used to grind his teeth in the nights. We went to a dentis and told regrding this. He said this can cause his teeth to be crooked if left like this. He prescribed some thing called Dental night guards. What are thse ? Is this useful for teeth grinding ?
Tue, 6 Aug 2013
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YES .NIGHTGUARDS ARE GOOD OPTION,BUT IT SHOULD BE PROPERLY DONE AND MONITORED.ALSO IF THERE IS ANY EROSION ON TEETH ,SHOULD UNDERGO RX
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avishal's  Response

Grinding teeth does result in damage and crooked teeth. dental night guards are used to prevent furthar damage.
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Dr. Amit Kumar's  Response

check with doctor for various reasons .
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debashish's  Response
then even i will get dental gaurds to my dad he also have this habbit of grinding..
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Mahavir's  Response
this is common in deep sleep. dont worry even i use to grind my teeth regularly. but if tongue bite ocurrs at this time its dangerous. every one use to get scared of it. it gradually didnt appear after few days. even i stopped thinking on that.
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Rakesh Verma's  Response

Brushes from "BRACES" is supposed to be one of many good tooth brushes.
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Rakesh Verma's  Response

Visit a dentist and you probably will be advised for scaling(cleaning) of your teeth.There can still be many other reasons to your problem.
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bilal's  Response

which company brush is best for my teeth
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bilal's  Response

bleeding in my gums what i have to do
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What Is Dental Night Guards ? Is It Useful ?

YES .NIGHTGUARDS ARE GOOD OPTION,BUT IT SHOULD BE PROPERLY DONE AND MONITORED.ALSO IF THERE IS ANY EROSION ON TEETH ,SHOULD UNDERGO RX