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Do mouth guards keep your teeth straight?
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Only if worn 24 hour: Only if you were to wear it all the time.
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.
Answered 5/24/2017
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