Occlusal Splints for TMJ
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Clenching or grinding your teeth during sleep can lead to excessive tooth wear, sensitivity and endangers any existing dental work present in your mouth.
When our dentists detect tooth wear of our dental patients teeth, they often recommend an occlusal splint. This is a comfortable teeth night guard for people suffering from temporomandibular disorders. It protects the teeth from grinding and prevents further wear and tear tooth damage.
Two step procedure
Normally creating and fitting an occlusal splint takes two appointments.
The first appointment is to determine whether or not you are indeed grinding your teeth (if you only grind during sleep you may not notice you are doing it at all). If you are already booked in for a regular dental check up, your dentist will notify you if they are seeing signs of grinding which would then take care of the first step – “diagnosis”.
The dentist will then take an impression, or digital scan, of your upper and lower teeth. These records are sent off to the lab to be used to create your new occlusal splint sleep mouth guard.
The final occlusal splint appointment for TMJ will take place once the new night time mouth guard is back from the lab. Your dentist will help you insert it into your jaw, checking to ensure it is the exact right fit and is working as intended. Once your dentist has confirmed it’s good to go you will leave Mooloolaba Dental or Swell Dental with your brand-new sleep mouth guard in hand.
Make an appointment
Please get in touch with Mooloolaba Dental (formerly Fenton Dental) and Swell Dental by Mooloolaba Dental to find out whether you need an occlusal splint mouth guard for teeth grinding fitted to safeguard your teeth.