Dawson Quick Tip: Making a Temporary Custom Fit Nightguard

I’m going to talk about QuickSplint. It’s the easy quick way to make a temporary custom fit bite guard in five minutes, chair-side.

I use it when I need to provide immediate pain relief for muscle related facial pain, especially when you have a limited opening and can’t fit in an impression tray.

Quick splint is a flat plain, plastic stint that fits cuspid to cuspid. You re-line it with a polyvinyl siloxane, trim, adjust the bite and, voilÌÊ, you have a bite guard.

Its advantage over an Aqualizer is it’s stable and it can be used for four to six weeks.