Assorted Links
- Should you use a night guard (which covers your teeth) and if so which type?
- For whom do university websites exist?
- Why is 20% of mother’s milk indigestible?
- The growth of Steve Martin’s “oblique” comedy
Thanks to Paul Sas, Ryan Holiday, and Casey Manion.
August 4th, 2010 at 9:02 am
Night guards don’t prevent grinding, and they only barely protect your teeth. In addition, my experience says that wearing a night guard encourages stronger grinding (because it’s less uncomfortable to grind), which would be even more true of the drug store variety (which are softer).
For a lot more information on the frustratingly bad state of understanding of bruxism, see here: http://www.is.wayne.edu/mnissani/bruxnet/advice.htm
Unfortunately, there’s not a good community now for people with the problem, and that page is old, so nobody (at least, nobody I know of) is pushing forward our understanding.
August 5th, 2010 at 1:37 am
American life expectancy is notably lower than British: I’ve often wondered if Americans are paying for their obsession with dentistry.
August 5th, 2010 at 7:40 pm
The NTI device is a type of night guard that is worn on the front teeth only. It was approved by the FDA in 2001 for migraine prevention.
I never had migraines but I purchased it because I wanted a hard plastic night guard that would leach less toxins. I have used it every night for over three years and don’t even notice it.
http://www.headacheprevention.com