Night Guards

Throughout your daily activities, and especially at night when you sleep, you may suffer an unnatural grinding of the teeth, without even being aware of it.

Whether it is out of stress or a subconscious learned habit over time, you can actually cause damage to the integrity of your teeth enamel, or even the inner strength of your teeth in advanced cases of occlusal degradation.

If you suspect you clench or grind your teeth, Dr. Egger has a comfortable high-tech Tacoma area family dentistry solution for you to stop the unnecessary wear on your smile – The Talon® Flexible Night Guard.

A night guard is made of flexible thermoplastic resilient polymer – basically, it is composed of a "memory" material that forms to your unique set of teeth, and is applied each night easily and comfortably to cover your upper and lower teeth to prevent wear during your sleep.

Treating this condition with precision and experience, Dr. Egger can help you to protect your teeth and alleviate these conditions through wonderful Tacoma area family dentistry. We invite you to talk to a team member today, to learn even more about the benefits of night guards. You'll be awaking to a healthier, smile for years to come.

Dentistry Provides the Night Guard Advantage

Patients like you regularly turn to Dr. Graham Egger, when seeking a wide variety of solutions to their individual oral health needs. The most common reasons to visit this Tacoma area family dentistry office includes exactly what you might expect, a good, old-fashioned, routine cleaning to restore your mouth to a picture-perfect bill-of-health, or maybe you even have a bothersome cavity or two in need of Dr. Egger's skilled, gentle care.

However, you may not realize you potentially join the ranks of tens of thousands of Washington residents who have a condition known as bruxism – a term Dr. Egger refers to informally as "clenching and grinding" where an abnormal and excessive force is exerted on your teeth.

By creating custom-fit night guards, Dr. Egger can help protect your teeth and bite. Dr. Egger provides his patients with high-quality night guards by the premier Nakanishi Laboratory, located in Bellevue, Washington.

The superior craftsmanship by expert technicians at the lab Dr. Egger has enjoyed an exclusive relationship with over the past several years, will be noticeable when you feel how the comfortable fit molds to your mouth like a custom-made "glove" – leaving you to rest and relax with confidence. You need not wear down your teeth, or your expensive porcelain restorations, another day.

Bruxism is a condition that causes occlusal wear, the abnormal wearing down of your teeth, which can lead to detrimental effects not only to your enamel, but to your tooth structure, your bite, and your jaw, and can eventually lead to periodontal conditions and bone loss. It is a condition that needs to be diagnosed early to prevent its long-term and degenerative effects. All of the staff in our practice is well-equipped with the knowledge needed to guide you to a solution that works best for you and your family.