| Subject: Re: Major Sleep Problems (Anybody ever had this?) |
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mitch
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Date Posted: 16:35:21 07/20/04 Tue
In reply to:
Stacey
's message, "Re: Major Sleep Problems (Anybody ever had this?)" on 15:32:17 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?
I'm trying to ween myself off biting the bracket when I sleep but it's pretty difficult. I've been paying more attention to my jaw and consciously telling myself not to bite because I seem to do it almost automatically. Hopefully it'll work tonight. :(
Thanks for answering my question and sort of relating to me. I need that retainer of yours!
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