What is Nightguard Dental?

What is Nightguard Tooth? ==================================

If you want to have healthy and tidy teeth, you can use Night Guard. Today, the goal of all of us is better prevention and when necessary, we should think about treatment. Almost all of us agree with this famous saying that prevention is better than cure or the best cure is not to get sick. In order for our teeth to be in perfect health and not have any problems, they should be in good condition and their health should not be threatened.

To keep your teeth healthy, you must follow some tips, one of which is to use a night guard. Night guard is necessary for some people and only recommended for others, and its use can play an important role in the health of the teeth.

Night Guard is a protector for your teeth. This protector, which is usually used at night, is made of plastic and covers all parts of your teeth. This protection is very similar to the retainer in orthodontics. Night guard can be hard or soft. The night guard can cover the teeth of the upper jaw and the lower jaw and put both in good condition.

Since each person's teeth are different and the bite size of people is different, the night guard or night guard is made for each person and cannot be used for everyone.

### **How to make a night guard Is it possible?**

But how to make these night protectors? In order to make a night guard, the dentist must take an impression of all your teeth. In fact, your upper and lower jaw are molded and after the mold is fixed, it is used to make a night guard suitable for your teeth, which is made of plastic. If the night guard is made of hard material, it can be made of laminate or hard plastic.

Using this personal mold can protect your teeth from many dangers and prevent pressure on the teeth in sleep.

#### **Types of night guards** ### **Hard Night Guard**

Hard night guard is used to treat severe teeth grinding at night. This type is made of acrylic or hard plastic. When your jaw teeth are placed in the night guard, the jaw muscles are also in a relaxed state and teeth grinding is not done. On the other hand, wear of the teeth does not happen anymore.

Hard night guards are more durable and have a longer life span because they are made of hard materials and degrade over a longer period of time.

### **soft night guard**

This type of night protector is more like a jelly and it is made of plastic but soft plastic. With this night guard, if you grind your teeth, your teeth will no longer rub against each other and there will be a gap between them. In the following, we will introduce this category.

#### **Normal Nightguard**

This type of night protector is available in one size and actually in free size and everyone can use it. Since the shape of each person's mouth is different and the size of their teeth is different from each other, it cannot be said without a doubt that these protectors can be used well for everyone. But again, for those who really need a guard to stop their teeth from grinding together, they are better than nothing. Note that you should not use this night guard for a long time because it can change the shape of your teeth. Since it is not custom made for your teeth, it can have a negative effect on your gas size.

Another model that can be used is a personal night guard that is made for anyone's teeth and according to their jaw size. This night guard is the best type of night guard because it is made specifically for your teeth and you can use it safely for a long time without worrying about changing the shape of your teeth and messing up their order. This type of night guard is made for you with the help of molding teeth. Usually, these types of night guards are hard night guards. Because in addition to taking care of the teeth, they can also be used to shape the teeth and keep them in order.

But who can use Nightguards? The most common use of a night guard is to protect teeth from wear and tear. It is interesting to know that there is a disorder called bruxism or teeth grinding. People who have bruxism or grind their teeth put a lot of pressure on their teeth and grind them in different directions. This causes the gradual loss of teeth, toothache and changes in the position of the teeth.

But bruxism sometimes affects your teeth more. Natural teeth are stronger and more resistant to bruxism than teeth that have been either restored or enhanced with an artificial product.

If you are in the following conditions and have bruxism, you should definitely use a night guard to reduce the effect of teeth grinding.

#### Having ceramic laminate

If you have beautified your teeth with ceramic laminate and this veneer is placed on your teeth, bruxism can quickly damage the porcelain veneer.

#### Having dental implants

If your teeth are implanted or if there is an implant in your mouth, with bruxism you will significantly reduce the life of this product and there is a possibility that the implanted tooth will be lost again.

#### Having a crown

If you want to use a dental crown to repair a broken tooth or a tooth that has extensive fillings, you should get the help of a night guard so that bruxism does not damage this crown and does not irritate the gums and the broken tooth below it.

Teeth that have had composite veneers used to beautify them must use Night Guard to control pressure and wear so that their beautiful veneers do not get lost and fractured.

People who have had their teeth filled should be careful because the plates of filled teeth are more vulnerable than natural teeth and constant pressure can cause them to fracture.

##### Having Bonding

If bonding or bonding has been used on your teeth, you must be careful and make sure to use a night guard to take care of your teeth, otherwise the bonded piece will damage your tooth and damage your teeth.

Having a bridge

If your tooth has a bridge, also the bridge is fixed and cannot be removed from the mouth and must be in place at night, be sure to watch out for teeth grinding! Grinding teeth can damage the dental bridge.

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