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Subject: Re: Major Sleep Problems (Anybody ever had this?)

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Stacey

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Date Posted: 15:32:17 07/20/04 Tue
In reply to: mitch 's message, "Re: Major Sleep Problems (Anybody ever had this?)" on 15:09:24 07/20/04 Tue

It's first use was to act as a block to prevent my upper teeth from hitting the brackets on my lower teeth - due to my overbite. It had a ledge on it (thicker by the back of my front teeth) so that my lower teeth would hit it before my upper came down too far. My Ortho did take it and tweak two of the 'arms' on it (metal pieces that go between my teeth to hold it in place) and told me that they would push on the teeth too, to assist movement. It worked quite well - just akward to get used to the first night. *drool* *slur* *drool*

I still have my overbite a bit, but now the teeth have shifted slightly and I'm usd to not hitting the brackets - I guess it was also part training device to prevent me from chomping down.

>>My Ortho knew that I was going to have that issue, so
>>she did a mold and created a retainer that would be
>>worn at night (a guard if you will). It was huge and
>>wonky and weird to get used to at first, but after a
>>couple of weeks I no longer needed it. It was a *big*
>>help for sleeping eventho I first thought "How the
>>heck am I going to sleep with this contraption in my
>>mouth!". I drooled all night long (which I do a bit
>>of these nights) but it was worth going through to
>>help me sleep.
>
>Did it help you get your bite back or did it serve as
>more of a device to train your jaw to stop snapping?

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Re: Major Sleep Problems (Anybody ever had this?)	mitch	16:35:21 07/20/04 Tue