Hello, I recently purchased a ZQuiet mouth device to try to help with my snoring. I've been using it for a couple of nights and I am wondering if anyone has ever heard of this kind of thing causing teeth or jaw problems. One thing is that it is formed to bring your lower jaw forward so after spending the night like that it feels like you can't close your mouth properly for a while (the manufacturer says this is normal). The other thing is that my two front teeth are pretty square in the front of my mouth so the curved device is kind of making my teeth hurt a little.
Does anyone have experience with this device? By the way, it does seem to be helping with the snoring.
Thanks,
M.
I would check with your dentist but anything that causes 2 new problems to solve 1 does not make a lot of sense to me.
I would ask my dentist before using anything like that.
The doc at O U Health Science Center Dental School made a form of my husbands teeth then made him a snore device. It made his jaw and face hurt so much he had to stop using it. He uses a C-PAP now and it's wonderful.
M.,
WHERE did you purchase the ZQuiet from? Your dentist or someone else? I just looked it up on-line. You bought it from a website, correct? It states on their webpage "no molding" - well, obviously it needs molding. Is it working?
Talk with both an ENT and your dentist - make sure they know what you are trying to do. There are other things you can do to ease snoring. Ask them. Cutting soda out of your diet, losing weight, no drinking of alcohol, etc.
It sounds like it's causing more problems than its worth. I would return it.
Was this device prescribed and made by your dentist or his/her lab? Did you have a sleep study done as well?
I don't know about your device, I've never heard of it. I have , however, had a night guard for YEARS due to TMJ. I typically get a new night guard every 3 years or so at $500 +/- but it's so worth it to not wake up with pain or tight joints.
Talk to your Dr to make sure you are fitted correctly.
I know with my personally molded device... It does not always come back perfect for me and had been sent back for adjustments or total re-do if needed. It could be that your device is not quite perfect for your bite.
Talk to your dentist... I know it cost a lost for this stuff, I've been doing it for years !
Hm.. Like the others I'd check with my dentist before I used something like that.
Just for some perspective... my son had a device installed by the orthodontist (called a herbst device) that put pressure on his lower jaw to help it grow, as he had a pretty bad overbite. He wore it for a year (it was installed, not like a retainer device you could put in and take out). He just got his braces off and his teeth and jaw look great.
But if you are wearing a device that pulls your lower jaw OUT, like from the hinge (? there really isn't a "hinge" just muscles that hold everything together)... then you might be causing other problems for yourself. After my son's jaw grew "out" with the assistance of the herbst, he then need his teeth realigned to have the tooth surfaces match up properly. That is what you are doing overnight, sounds like to me... it doesn't just feel like your mouth isn't closing properly for a while-- it ISN'T closing properly for awhile. Until those muscles/tendons that hold your jaw in the correct place/alignment contract back into proper position.
That just seems to me (lay person, not a dentist or other oral professional) to be a huge potential for long term problems with your jaw. Not the best solution to alleviate snoring, I wouldn't think. Kind of makes the term TMJ come to mind.. you know, where people have problems with their jaw (temperomandibular joint)? People pay a lot of money to resolve issues with TMJ, and often they do so and still don't get complete relief from the pain/discomfort.
Be careful.
Talk to your dental professional about this device you have been using.
Usually these types of dental devices have to be fitted to the individual. Was that done? A lot of snoring and other problems (e.g. TMJ) can be affected by mouth positions and stress, but there are other causes of snoring (such as sleep apnea) which have nothing whatsoever to do with dental position and are related to the soft palate (way in the back) and sometimes also to neurological issues.
I had a lot of problems with both TMJ and with snoring, and I did different things to address each one. If you have not had a sleep study (which should be covered by your insurance) then you don't really know where the problem originates.
You might have chosen a less expensive strategy which is understandable, but you don't want to cause more problems by using something that doesn't fit properly and which is a "one size fits all" sort of approach. I'm a believer it taking charge of issues and not necessarily going to the most expensive option (which a dentist's appliances and night guards can be), but be careful about self-diagnosing and going down the wrong path.
