The dentists studied her jaw for a moment and after a few minutes quietly said, “Yep, your going to need a teeth grinding mouth guard for your jaw, you’ve got TMJ. It’s going to cost about $200 and you need to wear it while you sleep, every night. You should expect some improvement in about 6 weeks.”
The mother of two thought to herself, $200? Six weeks? Some improvement?
“Isn’t there something else?” she asked. The dentist shook his head.
She decided to think on it and look around to see if these mouth guards actually worked. She was disappointed to find that many people were openly complaining about how annoying and ineffective mouth guards are. She read that people eventually chewed through the mouth guards at night and have to continually replace them.
She realised that these mouth guards do nothing for the pain and only stop teeth grinding at night when your wearing the mouth guard. Plus imagine if the kids lost it or the dog got a hold of it.
She discovered that mouth guards can sometimes even cause further damage by displacing the jaw. All these bad reports made the few minor success fade into the background.
That was until she stumbled upon something that sparked her hope anew. Looking all over the net she found out about exercises that have been designed especially for teeth grinding and TMJ. They can be done at home and usually take about 2 weeks to fully treat TMJ symptoms.
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