Meadowbrook Dental, Auburn Hills, Mich, offers the GrindGuardN, a new mouthguard for clenching and grinding.
The GrindGuardN comes with a plastic liner that can be softened andformed by the orthodontist without using a lab, according to inventorJoe Pelerin, DDS. The device features a Central Power Bar thatconcentrates forces on both the upper and lower midline at the sametime, creating a double stimulus to release clenching and grindingactions.
GrindGuardN also offers posterior support in the bicuspid area toreduce trauma to anterior teeth. The device covers eight teeth.
GrindGuardN can be formed to the teeth in the orthodontic office andcan be refitted multiple times. The device also has been approved as aprescription by the US Food and Drug Administration and is availableonline to be fitted at home by the patient.
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