$1 Fast DIY Grinding Teeth Night Guard - Custom Bruxism Night Guard for Clenching
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- Do you clench your teeth at night? Are you a nighttime teeth grinder? I am and it has cost me thousands of dollars in dental repair.
But now I wear a nightguard to protect my teeth.
I’ve purchased night-time mouth guards 2 different times from my dentists. The first one cost well over $300. The second one, several years later cost about $240. Both eventually either broke or became unusable due to changes in my teeth.
Since that time I started buying cheap athletic, boil and bite mouth guards and customizing them to my mouth.
I normally shop at Walmart and buy a Wilson Boil and Bite Guard. They cost about $1.
- See them at Walmart.com www.walmart.com/search/?query...
- See them at Amazon .com amzn.to/31D1INs
The whole process of making a custom fitting nighttime mouth guard takes about 30 minutes. And the guard will last you for a couple of years.
Watch how I do it and you can do it too.
VIDEO TIMELINE:
Buying the Wilson Mouth Guard :37
Boiling The Water :51
Cool the Water for 30 Seconds 1:09
Heat the Mouth Guard in Hot Water for 30 Seconds 1:16
Use Tongs to take the Mouth Guard out of the Hot Water 1:53
Fitting the Mouth Guard to Your Mouth 2:00
Bit and Suck the Air out of the Mouth Guard 2:05
Remove the Mouth Guard from your Mouth and inspect 2:11
Trimming the Mouth Guard for Comfort 2:37
Using an X-Acto knife for Final Trim 4:11
Using a Dremel to Smooth the Mouth Guard 4:32
Goofy Pictures 5:30
The Final Result 5:12
Suggested Money Saving Videos 5:53
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The most useful 6 minute video I have ever watched. Thank you for sharing this.
My custom made one costed me $1000, thats insane expensive and within a year, it’s almost worn out.
Wow Hanad - thanks for sharing.
I’m sorry to say but your dentist robbed you
Tooth grinding over many years gave me cracked molars, 4 of which had to be replaced with crowns, and others damaged. I finally tried an athletic mouth guard from Walmart. It seems to help a lot, but I noticed it eventually acquired some type of calcium or residue buildup which seems to be wearing the tops of my incisors down. Now I brush the rubber guard every morning and sometimes soak it in vinegar to remove the deposits. It has definitely helped reduce the damage to my molars and I don't wake up with a sore jaw and teeth. I only wish I had thought of it 30 years ago.
Good insight. Soaking your mouth guard is always a good idea. And replacing it every couple of years is a good idea as well.
Did you have any neck pain or headaches?
@@chrissotrill Not regularly, only occasionally, possibly due to impaired breathing, or bad head position.
You saved me upwards of £75 here in the UK. I've been suffering from stress and other health issues that has meant I've started grinding my teeth at night. I wake up with horrible jaw pain, my jaw clicks repeatedly when I eat, and it's painful to even have my mouth open long enough to just brush my teeth. I know my dentist would happily have a single mouthguard moulded and made up for me, but at £75 plus whatever fees for the appointment, plus the week-long wait for the guard to be made and sent back to my local dentist, I went searching for another solution.
I didn't know about boil and bite guards until I watched your video. Two minutes after watching, I ordered a set of 5 (!) from Amazon that arrived the next day. They were so easy to customise, and I now have a top and bottom set of 3mm thick guards and a 6mm thick top guard to try out and decide which works best for me, along with a spare each of the 3mm and 6mm guards for the future.
It cost me less than £10 and I had to wait less than 24 hours to receive and use them, and they're no different to a mouthguard I had made years and years ago (and can't use now) except they're more comfortable to wear to sleep!
Thank you!
I've been doing this for 30 years! A few years ago I gave in and bought a hard one from dentist @ $400. I saw an Oral surgeon due to jaw pain and he said the train myself to keep lips together and teeth apart throughout the day. This has helped with preventing pain in jaw from clenching and grinding at night because the habit of clenching during the day has decreased and so has the night time clench and grind. Helps alot to learn to meditate and direct stress to ABS! CLench ABS instead of jaw! Still use night guard no matter what!
Look into mouth taping as well.
Very helpful comment, thank you!
I paid 600.00 for my night guard and about 7 months later I lost it- instead of buying another one for the same price I bought a kit from
Walgreens and it works great!
Your method is much cheaper though way to go!!
Thank you for this DIY tutorial! I never really thought to cut it down and sand it down which will definitely help with fit. I plan to do a few of these, for my son and I and probably my husband also.
Let us know how it works out for you
This is so PERFECT! Thank you thank you thank you for providing such a detailed, step-by-step video! All the points you made were so right, I went through three mouth guards just trying to trim them and this video just nailed it for me. Thank you so much! So much more comfortable for sleeping now.
Glad it was helpful!
I suffer day in and out from grinding. Sleep is a night mare sometimes. I'm definitely going to try this! Thank you! I love a good beneficial diy
We so hope it helps Erica!
I don’t know how much to thank you. I wake-up with theses horrible headaches. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Exactly what I was looking (hoping) for. Thank you!!!
Dentist's daughter here! Oh, that ol gage reflex!!!! Thanks for the hack to trim it.. my direction from my kit didn't instruct me to do that--and it really helped with the gage rellex.
I have terrible TMJ . My device finally broke and I was in terrible pain. So I told my son to go to pick me up a sports mouth guard. Worked like a charm and pain went away.
Wow! That's amazing. So glad you're not in pain anymore.
I went to the dentist today and they told me I was grinding my teeth at night. They wanted 500.00 for a mouth guard and I knew there had to be a cheaper way. Thank you so much, I'm going to go to Walmart in the morning.
Fall 2022: model shown, at walmart about $13 now, but still, very happy to learn of THE MOST economical path, thank you!!! Seems MOST everyone can have lifelong benefit to wearing night guards, if plastic used is not toxic: very difficult to learn this info. Discovered in my 60s now, teeth are loose bc of night grinding, causing growing problems that might have been avoided. Thanks ! 🙏✨💜
I had thought 💭 of this & wondered why people didn’t do this. I am so glad to find someone that says it works. Awesome 🤩!
Cause it’s not comfortable
Alright I want to say thank you
For keeping video short, giving easy steps and to the point,!!!
I will try this way and post the outcome ,, it seems easy!! Thanks
Glad I saw this. My old expensive one is wearing out. Great tip.
Glad to help
wow that is very clever, i am definitely going to try it, i did not get mouth guard because of the cost factor but I will give this shot for sure, thanks for the video
Thank you! You just saved me hundreds of dollars! I am so glad I came across this video! 👍🏼
Use baking soda and peroxide bubbly mix to keep clean and fresh. Trimming is totally necessary to prevent the guard from pushing up on the gums causing them to receed.
Love this ! Funny story yesterday my chihuahua just so happened to get hold of mine and chewed it to shreds. Brilliant timing ! Love you guys , love from the U.K xxx
That is hilarious .... and sad. Thanks for the love - sending it back to you too. Stay safe ... and keep your new night guard where the pup can't get to it.
I have been looking for this solution for a long time. Great job and solution. Thank You very much
You're welcome, hope this works for you!
Thanks for the idea! I went to Walmart, they have the Equate Rest Assured Nite Protector $15 for a set of two. I was surprised that it works very well for my teeth. I didn't even have to trim it. :-)
Good for you!
That is awesome! Thanks for sharing.
I tried this brand literally shriveled up my mouth guard
I agree. Just got this brand and it's comfortable.
This is an amazing money saving tip! I had no idea I could get a mouth guard at Walmart that cheap. Thank you for sharing!
You are so welcome! Glad it was helpful.
I always knew Walmart mouth guards were bad and unusable, I didn’t know or think about self customization. Thanks for this idea. I might not use scissors or an exacto knife but the idea is all that matters. Thanks for the help. Remember people, this might not work for you as well and some of you might actually need professional mouth guards. Don’t use cheap tactics if your situation is very serious. I just grind my teeth when I play games online and not at night.
Thank you what a great idea I bought a 20 dollar one but it’s all big and bulky and I can’t kee it in at night. Can’t wait to try this. Bless you
Hope it works for you Amanda!
I can't wait to try this! Thank you!
oh thank you for showing how you trim it! never thought about that.
You are so welcome!
Thank you, I’m going to make one today! It’s just what I need! Regards from New Zealand 👍
this is amazing! My teeth have been slowly getting smaller, had an appointment today and of course we find out I'm a grinder! $420 mouth guard is presented to me. If this works for me you saved me $419! Thank you!!
I recently found out I've been a serious grinder for some time. Please let me know if this money efficient solution has worked for you as they want to charge me $800 for one now.
I got the $420 one from the dentist it works alot better than this did, unfortunately
@@amandawilson4716 thank you for the reply. I'm going to shell out the cash.
@@willwilkins9217 it's hard getting used to but it's definitely more comfortable than the cheaper option
@@amandawilson4716, did they give you different material options? I have it bad so I'm assuming my doctor has the correct material noted already.
Brilliant idea! I used Oral-B nighttime dental guard purchased $18 plus tax. After viewing your video, I realized that they are basically identical in term of material made. What a fool was I! Yours needs to trim a little bit but afterward it even fits better than the name brands.
I thought the Oral-B was a good buy compared to the $300 ones sold in dental office. Not anymore! Now I will remember the name Wilson.
hi ! Oral B seems to be flat like DEntek on the bottom. does this wilson guard actually match your bottom teeth and NOT be flat ? seems so !!!!!
Thanks for this! It’s always good to have options instead of feeling like the dentists’ is the only way
I have purchased two from the dentist. Neither one of them were a good fit so therefore when they fell out of my mouth in my sleep, my pup got them. I finally found one but it's beyond me trying to fix it. I have ordered from Amazon as well and none of them will stay in my mouth either. So happy i found you.
I'm sure it was frustrating to have poor quality from your dentist. Hope these work well for you.
Thankyou for this very informative , step by step process. I had my mouth splint fitted last week at dentist for 775 dollars. Im going to give this a go.
That must be a special one to adjust your bite, maybe.
Thank you for making this how to video👍
This is amazing👍. Thank you so much for information.
Great idea! Thank you for saving me 700 dollars dentist wanted for one.
Tomorrow morning I will go to Walmart, thank you for the info, they want me to pay few hundreds dollars for that!!!! Thanks again
Awesome!
did u make urs just wandering wat u thought if u did
Great job. Thank you for sharing.
,perfect!!! Thank you very much 🌹
watch out while adding to boiling water, i ruined the first one cause thé eater was too hot.
Great video thanks!
When I cut mine down, I use a pair of small electronics type wire cutters.
The kind of wire cutters you use in tight spots inside of small electronics .
I bought a few pairs. They’re super inexpensive on Amazon.
I keep one set in my shave kit just for cutting fingernails and toenails.
Also, for cleaning instead of alcohol, I use basic H from Shaklee diluted 50% with distilled water. And about twice a week I put it inside of a baby bottle disinfecting machine with UV lights inside. I also use the UV disinfecting machine for my keys my wallet, my cell phone, my eyeglasses, all kinds of stuff it helped cut down on the amount of colds and flu that I get too.
I wish I would’ve started wearing a bite guard when I was a teenager. I’ve paid up to $400 for NTI Night guard made by my dentist. What a rip off they only last me about one year.
Thank you dentist just told me I need a Guard
Glad it will help Jessie!
Same here but medicaid don't cover it at all.
I made one. So comfortable. Thank you,
Glad to hear it!
Thank you so much for sharing and helping me save money
Thank you, It will require a little elbow work but it's ok. I clench my teeth and often wake up with jaw pain, my teeth and gum feel sore. So I decided to get a guard especially since the dentist said my enamel is worn out. I am only 34.
Give it a try, it could work!
I have a $500 night guard that fits like a glove and is ergonomically correct to my mouth. Unfortunately people are not taught to invest in their oral care like they would with their car. Your entire jaw area what you can see and not see is as important as taking care of your vehicle and your residence. Sometimes they need expensive repairs.
Yea this might be a cheaper option but imo not a great one. I guarantee if there were some dentists in the comments they’d advise against this. Could cause some major issues
Thank you. I have severe gum disease from sjorgrens and it seems like everytime I go the the dentist I need a new mouth guard.
This will save me a fortune.
I really appreciate that. Better than the $1000 quite of my dentist.
Glad it helped you.
After decades playing percussion, I often have jaw and tooth pain by the time the gig is over. This seems a workable solution to saving my teeth. Next gig two days from now. I'll endeavor to report back. Thanks for the money saving tip.
Of course!
Looking forward to your reporting back.
Where is it?
Thanks for sharing this. I’m going to try this out.
Do it! You'll be so glad you tried.
EXCELLENT upload.
BRAVO ! $
You made our day! Many thanks!!
Thank you I done spending money on these 👌 $ 1. 00 is awesome
You're welcome!!
As a dental tech for my whole life this is funniest video I ever seen.
Fabulous information, thank you!!!!
great I need to try this, mouth guards are so expensive, thanks
Yes, they are Jeanne!
Very cool! I have a night guard from my dentist, but somehow I misplaced it. I know that the minute I pay for a brand new, expensive night guard from the dentist I will find the old one. This is a detailed video. Thank you!
That's a great idea!
Thank you so much! Very helpful
Glad it helped!
Lol I like your face when you're showing the mouth guard....very funny...😂
Perfect! Thank you, sir! 🤪
Perhaps your video caused the price to go up, but these are not available anywhere I could find for $1!! Still, they are pretty cheap. I purchased one on Amazon for about $5. There are a lot of sellers and the price varies widely. Thanks for you video!
We have gotten a lot of folks watching this video, so maybe the prices did go up. Still $5 is a better risk than $300-$700.
I was skeptical when I saw the word DIY, thankfully this isn't another one of those hot glue guns craziness
Great video, Very informative and straight to the point
Thanks for the comment - never hear of the hot glue gun idea - that does sound crazy.
Brilliant!
i have severe tmj, and ive heard bruxism can’t make it worse (which i do🥲) so this is great and plus im not made out of money 👌🏼
Hope it helps you!
V.... did it help with your tmj?
It's great..
I love it.. Thanks a lot for sharing❤️
Glad you like it!
I am all about saving $ thanks for the video great website ! New sub here!😀
Thank you Robert!
Thankyou so much for your video 👏👏👏👏God bless you 🙏🙏🙏
this is great! i am a fellow grinder!!
Yes, a simple solution!
whats a grinder
Kinky
That is great. I’m gonna go get me one. Thanks.
Thank you so much!!
Thank you, Sir!
You are welcome!
I didn’t think about trimming them down. Awesome! I chew on those soft mouth guards all night like gum…. 🥴
Great info, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great job!
Love that! What a savings 😊😊
Thanks Judy. It really is inexpensive .... and so easy to make.
This really works and thanks!!!
fabulous , thankyou
My dentist quoted me $750 for a mouth guard, and they said they were giving me a discount! Thanks for helping me understand their scam.
EDIT: I recently bought a professional mouth guard from a new dentist for $350. They work much better than this chewy garbage that makes my jaw hurt.
You're welcome!
american health care is a scam to begin with
Mine quoted $1100-$1600, dentists are nuts 🤣
And on Ebay/Amazon they are charge phenomenal prices for the SAME product - they are just using fancier pictures and using fancy technical words; with big promises.
More proof how much of a joke the US healthcare is
For anyone who is watching, this will protect your teeth, but you will also grind even more because the mouth guard is soft, and your mouth wants to bite it. This means your muscles will clench even more throughout the day. That's why you need to get a mouth guard from the dentist. The mouth guard they give you is hard, and also helps train your mouth to not clench even without it.
- Someone who already tried this and finally got a proper mouthguard.
The oral surgeon said the train myself to keep my lips together and teeth apart throughout the day.
Thank you
Thanks
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Thank you,a very very good video for me, I bought the 1 on Amazon,But thats ok! after molding in my mouth ,i never cut the extra parts so i will do that for tonight! : )
Glad it could help!
@@MoneySmartFamily Thank you!
Awesome idea!!
Thank you! 😊
Instead of sanding and grinding, just cut them before boiling, and those square edges will round out. You don't want to deal with sanded plastic particles, and you certainly don't want to ingest them.
Either way, what is done to the plastic will be sealed by the boiling water.
Nice idea.
@@MoneySmartFamily Exactly. Which is why it makes sense to cut out the mess and effort of any sanding/grinding by just pre-cutting to fit.
For me the cutting and sanding was more challenging than I imagined.
I didn't know what grit my bit was that was lying around all this time. Probably gonna have to hit the store and get a new one.
Essentially what this video explains is true though. It's clunkier than the dentist, but after you trim it and IF YOU CAN GET THE DEPTH RIGHT, it's pretty good. Might take a few test runs.
Trial and error - and a couple of bucks - you'll still come out money ahead.
Dentist will take advantage of you!! My daughter got a tooth extracted and they said she needed a graft which is synthetic skin because it was in the top part of her mouth it would affect he sinuses and they were charging $500 for this graft but I didn't have the money so didn't get it. My new dentist was talking to and I brought that up about the graft and she got mad she said that graft only cost them $4 And they should have included that already with the extraction! So yes lways ask around.
thank you for sharing...
Thank you great video, thumbs up.
Thanks a lot
Great tip
thank you so much
You're welcome!
thank u..
Great tutorial!! thx
You're welcome!
Trying this tommorow ! I only have $3 till pay 3rd Sept. this beats staying up without sleeping 72 hrs straight lest I grind my teeth to oblivion as I've done b4l
Great vid. God bless you
Thanks, you too!
Great. Does teeth grinding is the reason of not conceiving?. My relatives says.
That’s awesome! We paid $400 for my husbands dentist one.
Wow - that's a lot of money. We're researching buying a daytime guard online and are seeing prices of $100 to $150. We're going to do a video of that soon.
My husband was quoted around the same price. He opted to go and get the one above and a co-worker gave him a couple of them in a different style. I think I will have to go and buy a few more of these for my son and I.
@@hgib3 That's awesome that a co-worker gave him a jump start like that. It's so easy to make. Hope it works well for you and your son. It would be fun to see a family pic ... with mouth guards in .... (not really).
@@MoneySmartFamily Yes it is :( Thankfully that was awhile back and now we know what we need to get. A small sander and $1 mouthguards. Even I fall for the expensive over the counter ones. My only problem is that I need it kind of bulky in case of a sleep seizure, i don't want to swallow it.:( Y'all are so resourceful!
This is great an all, except for those that need a properly fit one for bite problems. It doesn't matter, every boil guard I've ever used has made my bite worse over night. Aka for people who only grind, great. But anyone with actual tmd/tmj, not likely.
Good point Savannah. Do what is best for you and do not sacrifice your health.
great job
Great Idea!
Thanks Dennis. Glad you think so!
I tried dipping mine in hot water for 45 seconds and it came out a bit smaller than yours, that made mine fit perfectly without having to trim it 😂
I was also told to make sure the guard does not touch or cover your gums as it dames them and to cut the edges so it does not touch the gums. Yet as soon as I do that it no longer stays in my mouth and no longer fits. I keep buying these and cannot get it to stay in once I cut the top edges. But again I cannot have the top edges touch my gums so seriously how can this work?