Teeth

Went to the dentist today. He fixed my tooth and told me I suffer from night grinding (sounds good but...). According to him, the reason my front teeth are damaged is because I grind them in my sleep. Being asleep, I'm not aware of this and nobody I've ever slept with has mentioned it. Bruxism (the technical term) has a variety of causes but the most common is stress - what a surprise.

The treatment for bruxism is a bite guard, to be worn at night while sleeping (obviously). I'd have to have a mould made at the dentists and that gets sent away for the guard to be made - somewhat like the braces you have to straighten your teeth. Unfortunately this is not covered by my health insurance and will cost 200 pesos.

I'm in two minds about whether to get one. I have been thinking about getting my teeth properly straightened (really it's only two teeth that are out of line) and I don't want to spend money on this if I go ahead with the braces.

What do you think?