Nightguard / Bruxism Resources
Parent Center
Tooth grinding is a funny habit: Some people never do it, some do it for a little while — when their permanent teeth are replacing their baby teeth and the two sets don’t fit well together, for instance — and some do it all their lives. Dentists don’t really know what turns some people into grinders and leaves others with their pearly whites unscathed. Tooth grinding in adults is usually a stress-related habit, much like nail biting. In toddlers, though, it seems to have more to do with simply getting used to the new physical sensation of having teeth. Toddlers who grind their teeth usually do so during the day and night, says Barbara Rich, national spokesperson for the Academy of General Dentistry and a dentist in Cherry Hill, N.J. But you may notice nighttime grinding more because your 2-year-old clenches his teeth much harder when he’s asleep than he does when he’s awake, and thus makes a lot more noise.
Bruxcare
Each year three million Americans seek assistance for night-time teeth grinding. Grinding can cause premature wear to tooth surfaces and can result in fractured or loosened teeth. People who grind wake up feeling sleep deprived and often disturb their partners’ sleep. Sufferers complain of jaw pain and other problems including head, neck and face pain, tenderness when chewing, migraine headaches, and clicking of the jaw.
Roland Hypnosis
When asleep, a tooth-grinder has no conscious control over their habit and is more-or-less oblivious to pain, and this is what makes bruxism a real problem. According to orthodontic experts: while you sleep the biting-force can be six times greater than during waking hours, i.e. six times more likely to cause significant damage
Bruxism can lead to a range of problems such as sore muscles, headaches, ear aches, cosmetic damage as teeth are ground down, sensitive teeth as enamel is worn away, tooth and filling fractures, and even damage to the temporomandibular joint connecting the upper and lower jaw.
Splintek
If you experience teeth grinding. you may also suffer some very painful side effects. Splintek.com can help you. Teeth grinding, or bruxism, forces muscles to be contracted putting stressful force on jaw joints and neck regions. If gone unchecked, bruxism can cause occipital neck pain, shoulder aches, headaches and even numbness and pain in the legs.
The pain caused by teeth grinding is also known as temperomandibular joint disorder, or TMJ for short. Splintek.com is a great resource for information on this subject. But, more than that, we are technological leaders in corrective apparatus.
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