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These are fabulous.They only took a couple nights to get used to, and they're almost like a comforting sleep item to me now. For me, they last quite a long time. Just keep them clean. I've had to use scissors a couple of times to trim away damaged (from grinding) segments so they don't poke my tongue, but then it's good as new.My only qualm with these is that I don't know if they protect your front teeth from grinding. They certainly protect my back teeth, when I lock my front teeth together to test it, the grind-guard has enough space in the back to fall out of place and not protect my front teeth any longer.I just kind of stay hoping that I'm grinding my back teeth down enough on the rubber flap bits that I'm too busy to try and grind my front teeth in the middle of the night, lol.I had 5 different dentist-produced/customized nightguards that each failed where THIS succeeded! I am shocked at the effectiveness and ease of use! Previously, even while sleeping with a custom night/mouth guard, I would continuously bite the lower inside lip. Yes, OUCH! My mouth has healed in less than a week while using this each night. Yes! My sleep quality is improved immensely as the biting pain would fully awaken me each time. I place the night protection in what seems to me to be an upside-down position, but it works perfectly to protect my lower teeth from grinding and prevents me from biting the inside of my bottom lip. WOW! At a huge fraction of the cost! And far more sanitary, I'm sure. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!My daughter and I both grind and clench our teeth. I found this out the difficult way (cracked tooth!). At the time we did not have Dental insurance and I could not afford to buy a bite guard. The Dentist recommended the Placker brand to use. They are super easy to use, don’t bother me at all. I have now been using them for years. If I miss putting them in, my jaw and teeth hurt in the morning. My oldest daughter has the same issues so she uses them every day too. I really wish I could get to the underlying issue as to why I clench my teeth so hard, but in the meantime these save my teeth from expensive Dental work!I use a night guard while I sleep for clenching and grinding. I have found that I needed something to help during the daytime and these work well. I have no problem talking with them or drinking while I am wearing them. After I wear them, I soak in mouth wash for a few minutes. Mine last longer than 3 days. I wear them until I feel they need to be tossed (usually a few weeks)I can admit, this has its pros and cons, and I’ll even list a few bc I feel like it lol. Pros: helps with my teeth grinding, small, easy to use, inexpensiveCons: sometimes can’t speak with it in my mouth (only thing I can think of right now). But you get the point. I have used this product for my grinding, and even wore it to school for a whole day and it helps tremendously. I usually put the retainer on my top row, but I don’t like it with my jaw line, i bite down on the whole thing so I can actually speak. (I don’t have any atm bc I use them so much, but I’ll edit this in the future) But this product has helped me sleep, eat, and keep my sanity from my popping jaw! You’ll enjoy its perks I know!Purchased for my husband as he has horrible problems clenching his jaw in his sleep. We decided to try these based off other reviews. He says he was skeptical because of the design that it would stay in his mouth, but they are comfortable and hold up nicely. So far he hasn’t woke up with any headaches since he started using this product. I recommend for anyone with jaw clenching problems!I expected these to be more gummy like. They felt hard on my sensitive teeth biting down on it. The design however, I liked. Small enough not to feel like your mouth is all filled up, no pressure on front teeth and doesn't cause mouth watering. If they made it softer, it would be the perfect product.I have spent thousands on dental device from the professional dentists trying to find something that stops me from clenching. They were all the thing that works 90 % of the time. So I shelled out the money. Only to have expensive devices I bit into and was damaging other teeth. While these plackers do not stop me from clenching they are not hard and not damaging my teeth. I wear right through even the strongest hard plastic pro models within a year that were suppose to be the answer and solve the problem. I had a full mouth piece that went around all my top teeth but it hurt all my bottom teeth and started causing nerve pain. The second was a front tooth glide type that your bottom teeth are supposed to slid off ( mine just dug a groove into it thus making it useless.) So was afraid that I would bite through this placker and choke. However, I wear it on my bottom teeth (it does sometimes feel uncomfortable between my teeth and the bottom lip and gum if it slides down.) and I also have learned to do face massage and moving my jaw to loosen it up before bed a few times a week and have had great success with this product. I am also managing chronic pain better. I get about a week or two use by rinsing every morning ( depending upon how much I clench) I dodent the teeth guards but have not punctured or bit through one yet. They have never came out of my mouth at night nor have they choked me either! They stay where I place them ( i do have a small mouth). My teeth are definitely less sore than when I dont use anything or with one of the professional guards. I have been using these plackers a couple months now. I will purchase again. I purchased some other devices but so far since this has been working I havent even bothered to try the others. ( it is so nice to find something that is helping for now) My doctors advice if you clench you cant rely just on the device to solve the problem, utilize massage stretching to reduce clenching PT or youtube videos may help. Stress can play a part in clenching and too many doctors focus on this aspect only, when it can also be caused by chronic pain anywhere in the body ( causing physical stress), joint dysfunction of the jaw, teeth alignment and connective tissue disorders, as well as some neck and muscle issues. So getting to the bottom of your clenching is important especially if you do not feel stress is the only reason. Also Chronic pain anywhere in the body can cause fight or flight body response and clenching is one aspect of that response, so finding ways to help your body not feel in danger/pain can have great impact on your clenching. Hope this helps!Terrible.One size does not fit all. These are small and flimsy. Because they are made of soft flexible material they don't stay in place, and as such are more likely to be a choking hazard than a cure to grinding my teeth. They do not fit in place as per the diagrams in the description. You might as well just put a rubber band in your mouth, it'll be the same.Although the contents of the box have not been used and are individually sealed, because I have opened the box I can not get a refund.Waste of money with a bad description. I can not recommend these to anyone at all.Having visited my dentist and being advised to use a mouth guard due to clenching and grinding my teeth at night, I’ve tried all sorts to try to help with discomfort and constant dull nagging tooth ache. I’ve tried several self moulding guards which have; melted into a gloopy ball when shaping, been too big and also caused an allergic reaction to my inner cheek causing welts. In desperation I ordered these much smaller guards thinking they wouldn’t be up to the job. Having tried them for the first time last night I can’t tell you how excited I am that they worked and gave me my first pain free day in many weeks! They’re small so fit really comfortably ~ so much so you hardly notice you're wearing them, they don’t rub, They’re slightly springy so not hard if you clench my teeth ( particularly important as I have porcelain crowns) and I’ve not had an reaction to the material they’re made of. All in all I’m really pleased with my purchase and would highly recommend!2nd night woke up to no guard in? Turned out I was lying on it. My concern was if it came out without myrealising, it could have gone the other way. Decided that these were not for me.I used an app sleep recorder and found out that I really make loud grinding sound. Similar to a creaking door that opens and closes. It took me a while to find out it was the sound of grinding teeth.Then having this guard this sound stopped. For my teeth it’s perfect and it doesn’t move and stays in place. I was unsure after reading some reviews here. But I guess mouths are different and it actually fits perfect.Also I notice when I put this guard in my mouth I also stop clenching my jaw. I also have less issues with jaw “muscle” pain which I also tend to have.Anyways, it does what the box says. I am wondering how often I actually can use this. Ideally find something that doesn’t require me to throw away after few uses.I am a woman with a smallish jaw and a real issue with grinding both day and night, and this is the first thing that has helped. I spent £200 + on one from the dentists and other solutions that needed you to mould to your teeth it just isn't possible for me to sleep in those or wear it for any length of time. So relieved to have finally found something that works for me. I would recommend this.
