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What is Mouthguard?

Mouth guards are coverings worn over teeth, and often used to protect teeth from injury from teeth grinding and during sports.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Bruxism (teeth grinding) 20 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
TMJ (Temporomandibular joint) pain 19 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_none
TMJ (Temporomandibular joint) Syndrome 7 0
TMJ PAIN/ Severe, bruxism 3 1 Efficacy_slight
Pain 2 0
Biting inner cheek 1 1 Efficacy_major

See all 42 patients currently using Mouthguard

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 2
None
 4

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Mouthguard

TMJ (Temporomandibular joint) pain 2
Excess saliva 1
Kills your sex life before you get into bed. Not very pretty. 1
I also have a CPAP which adds to the ugliness! 1

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently using Mouthguard. See all 13 dosages ►

  daily 1other as needed 1 mg daily 1 daily 1 other daily 5 hr daily 6 hr daily 8 hr daily 9 hr daily 10 hr daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 16 Number of Patients: 16 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 2   Other: 50%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 25%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 25%

See all 4 patients who’ve stopped using Mouthguard

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Mouthguard

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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0
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How Long Patients Used Before Stopping

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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0
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Mouthguard

Always
 4 57%
Usually
 3 43%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Mouthguard

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 6 86%
Not at all
 1 14%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Mouthguard

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 2 100%

Report created on May 28, 2012.