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  • Re: Mouth guards

    Many years ago, my dentist advised me to have him make a mouth guard to protect my teeth.

    I didn’t do that, thinking it wasn’t needed.

    About 10 years later, these last few years, I have had root canals, tooth extractions and expensive dental implants on my rear-most molars.

    The oral surgeon showed me an X ray of my teeth in those areas: My molars were ground flat and were cracked because I grind my teeth so hard because of snoring/apnea, and probably stress.

    Take some advice from someone who has experience: Get the fucking mouth guards.

    And look into getting fitted for a CPAP machine:y dentist said it helped somewhat with the grinding, but it wasn’t a cure-all in the end for my teeth.