14 years ago
Anonymous
I keep pushing on my teeth in my sleep with my tongue?
I have what you might describe as "inverted pacman" teeth, where the tips of the top and bottom teeth flare out because my tongue is pushing on them in my sleep. At first, I didn't know what it was, but last night I woke myself up with it. I thought it was just a bad dream, as my usual tooth-nightmares are. But when I woke up and the pain was still present, it was definitely not a dream. I'm 16, and I told my dad. BIG mistake, as he does not ever believe me that there is something wrong, continually tells me that "It's always something: you're either going to die from today's, yesterday's or tomorrow's problem" and now he refuses to take me to any doctor or dentist for any health problems I have. What should I do about my teeth? Any advice for getting someone to believe me before it's too late (if it isn't already too late)?
14 years ago
Anonymous
Favorite Answer
Yes, you can get a mouth guard, you can find them at a sporting good store, Im a teeth grinder and I have woken up with teeth missing cause I grind them in my sleep, I use one and it does work I no longer wake up with missing or sore teeth GL
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6 years ago
dunton
Tongue Pushes Teeth While Sleeping
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7 years ago
Anonymous
I recall seeing a device that was inserted between upper and lower teeth before going to bed that physically prevented that from happening. The department that issued prescriptions for it was the "sleep disorders" clinic. Start there.
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9 years ago
mkjm1970
My first thought was, Don't be embarrassed but maybe you could ask a football players coach for one. Tell him your situation and that you would like to try this to see if it would help with your teeth problem. I hope this idea helps. Have a great day!
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14 years ago
loves christmas lights
Walgreens and other stores sell plastic mouth pieces you wear while sleeping to keep you from doing this. You just need the money to buy it, no dr apt necessary. This is all you can do, or would be told to do.
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