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Do mouth guards keep your teeth straight?

4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Only if worn 24 hour: Only if you were to wear it all the time.

Dr Ali agreed

Answered 4/24/2015

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Sure, depends : If your teeth were straight when the dentist took the molds to construct them (upper and lower) and the dentist makes a hard style plastic (clear aligner style) or plastic/metal wire (hawley style) guard and you wear them overnight every night, then they could keep your teeth straight.

Dr Karsant agreed

Answered 5/24/2017

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