title: Night guards and occlusal splints.
abstract: Occlusal splints/night guards can be an effective, inexpensive and reversible treatment for a wide range of dental problems. The author describes their clinical uses, discusses some of the rationales that have been given for these uses, and outlines the designs that have the widest clinical application.
authors.affiliation: St George's Hospital, London.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Giedrys-Leeper
mesh_terms: D003766:Dental Occlusion; D006801:Humans; D009209:Myofascial Pain Syndromes / Q000628:therapy; D012890:Sleep; D013165:Splints; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D014716:Vertical Dimension