What is a Dental Appliance?
Maintaining good oral health is more than just brushing and flossing. If you play sports, clench or grind your teeth or snore, dental appliances can help preserve and protect your oral structures and contribute to your overall health.
Dental appliances offered at North Shore Smile Dentistry – such as mouth guards and sleep appliances – are used to help protect the health of your oral cavity.
Snoring & Sleep Apnea Appliances
Sleep disorders can disrupt your sleep and negatively impact your overall health and wellbeing.
For patients who snore, your relaxed throat tissues cause the airway to restrict, creating the sound of snoring as oxygen is forced past. For patients with sleep apnea, your throat tissues relax and obstruct the airway, forcing the brain to wake you up to breathe.
At North Shore Smile Dentistry, we provide custom-fitted oral appliances to move the lower jaw and tongue muscles to open the airway. This helps improve your flow of breath and may prevent you from waking up throughout the night.
Sports Guards
If you get hit in the mouth during a sports activity, a custom-made mouth guard provides a barrier between your teeth and the soft tissue of your mouth to protect your smile from damage.
