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Night Guards |
| Enamel subject to normal stresses wears at a rate of .3 millimeters every 10 years. However, under more dramatic stresses such as night time grinding, this rate can be increased up to as much as 1 millimeter every 10 years. “Nighttime bruxing (grinding and clenching) can occur as often as 40 minutes for every hour of sleep, producing 250 pounds of force per square inch...enough to crack a walnut” (yourdentistryguide.com). This dramatically affects the wear of enamel on the teeth and can lead to costly restoration needs. A night guard helps to alleviate that destructive grinding and helps prevent costly reparations. A night guard can be custom made in only a few days and will lead to nights of less grinding and hopefully better sleep. |
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