Your teeth are crucial to your daily life. They help you form words, protect your tongue, and most importantly, they break down the food you consume. You need to protect your teeth from the various dangers that can damage or shift them. If you grind your teeth you may have a night guard, but if you’ve had braces or aligners, you’ll need a retainer. Can a night guard act as a retainer?
Can a night guard act as a retainer? That’s a complicated question, but the good news is that we do have a clear answer. A night guard is crafted to prevent damage from teeth grinding and clenching. When you grind or clench, your teeth may become chipped, cracked, or worn down. You may start to get morning headaches or have sore jaw muscles. These are all symptoms of grinding your teeth at night.
Night guards are perfect for protecting your teeth against teeth grinding but can a night guard act as a retainer? A retainer is crafted to retain your teeth in place once they have been shifted by aligners or braces. Your dentist will provide a treatment plan and when your teeth are in the perfect position, the aligners or braces will come off. To prevent your teeth from shifting, you’ll need to wear a retainer for the rest of your life while you sleep. These are tight-fitting and keep your teeth in place. They are much thinner than a night guard.
Do you grind your teeth but need a retainer? Here’s the best Night Guard Retainer to handle both! This retainer for teeth grinding will prevent teeth from shifting while being durable enough to handle grinding. Take your own impression at home and save hundreds over going to the dentist. Impression kit included.
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So with all of that being said, can a night guard act as a retainer? The answer is no. A night guard will not properly prevent teeth shifting that include micro-movements. It may prevent major movements, but your teeth will shift back to their natural position using elastic memory. All the money you spent with braces or aligners will be for nothing.
Is there a solution though? Can a night guard act as a retainer? No it can’t properly prevent teeth shifting, but SportingSmiles has recently developed a product that can. Using premium durable material and crafting them to be 1.5mm thick instead of the standard 1mm, the night guard retainer from SportingSmiles is designed to prevent teeth shifting and withstand grinding and clenching.
If you find yourself grinding through your retainers every six months, that likely means that you need a more durable retainer. Your dentist will probably not offer this type of product, and if they do it will likely be over $1,000. With SportingSmiles, you can receive a night guard retainer all from the comfort of your home while saving hundreds of dollars. This is all done through the patented impression kit.
Can a night guard act as a retainer? No, but you can receive a product that works for both functions with SportingSmiles. If you settle for a retainer and want it to protect against teeth grinding it won’t. A night guard won’t prevent teeth shifting either, so using one or the other will not help both issues. Thankfully, the night guard retainer from SportingSmiles is crafted to do both functions with the durable material and thicker cut while still maintaining maximum comfort.
If you are in need or both retainers and a night guard, SportingSmiles can help. We’ve been crafting both since 2009 for over one million people worldwide. Your smile is worth protecting!
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