Last three days I have woken with a sore jaw, broken teeth and stiff aching legs. What's going on?

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I think my body is becoming real tense at night. Am grinding my teeth etc.

I hope I am not having seizures.

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Get a sleep study. I’m sure the NHS waiting list is only around 4 years.

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Think you’re right on that one!

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call the doc @Jimbob … theyll know better than us

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Use a mouth guard when you sleep

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I had the same problem. Now, I wear a mouth guard at night, and the problem is gone!

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Grinding your teeth at night is a fairly common problem. My dentist said many of his patients wear mouth guards for that reason. You can have the dentist make you a custom mouth guard. They just do a quick plaster imprint of your teeth and use that model of your teeth to make the mouth guard.

I recently had a new one made because I had ground right through some spots on the old one. The old mouth guard lasted me almost ten years so I can’t really complain.

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I just buy a generic mouth guard at the drug store. Each one is like $40, and they last about a year

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That’s a lot cheaper than the custom mouth guard!

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I think it’s pretty combortable, too! It has squishy pads for your molars, and just a thin stripe connecting the two sides. It’s less bulky than the molded ones. I have to brush it every night, though, or else it smells and tastes gross.

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Does it fit on the top teeth or the bottom teeth?

My mouth guard is molded and fits over the bottom teeth. It’s not really bulky at all (just expensive.:worried: )

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It fits between the molars. , and the stripe goes in the front.

I guess it is cheaper than I remembered.

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At least stop at Walmart and buy a sports mouth guard.

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DO NOT BUY A SPORTS MOUTH GUARD. I made this mistake the first time around, because they were cheaper. But it is impossible to sleep with something so bulky in your mouth.

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Have you been having nightmares? Sometimes during nightmares I clench my jaw real hard, I’ve also bitten my cheek before. I’ll also tense my whole body and wake up feeling sore and like I’d been hit by a truck.

You can fix the teeth grinding by getting a mouth guard when you sleep.