Occlusal Adjustment / Night guards
Why? An occlusal adjustment helps to redirect the teeth in where they
are hitting each other while eating and talking, thus putting less stress on
certain areas in the mouth. With the use of a night guard, it helps to maintain
this occlusion.
How? Small adjustments are made to the enamel of the teeth by using
colored paper to mark areas that are being hit too hard when biting down. This
procedure is minor and does not require the use of Novacain. Then, an acrylic
night guard can be made by doing alginate impressions of the upper and lower
teeth, and doing a bite registration. We make a model replica of your teeth with
those impressions and send it to the lab. You get your night guard in 2-4 weeks.