For those of you who know you've experienced teeth grinding at night, in the past, or perhaps still have the same problem, you'll know the pain it can bring, in the mornings.
It's something I wasn't aware of, up until recently.
I only found out from a dental repair technician. You'd think it would have been a dentist that noticed how the damage was occurring.
It was only after going to a cosmetic dental repair store, to have a partial denture fixed, after it broke, that the technician noticed the pattern in the break.
I was in twice in a short space of time. Can't recall exactly how long it was between visits, but I know as much as the first repair should have lasted a lot longer than it did.
The reason for the frequent breaking, was because I kept the denture in at night. So at least I know now, to take it out, going to bed.
That's going to stop breaking the denture. So that's a plus.
Then there's the problem of the teeth grinding at night. If it's not damaging the denture, then it's my teeth that's being irritated by me, grinding my teeth at night, when I'm sleeping.
It's also a reason for the pain in the mornings, around the jaw areas. Probably the frequent migraines as well.
Or so the advice says that I read up on.
There's quite a few factors mentioned for contributing to people teeth grinding in their sleep.
One of the ones that interested me, was the cause of it being stress related.
That's something, from my point of view, makes a lot of sense. The more I've been stressed, the more pain I've felt that's attributable to sleep bruxism.
For those who don't know, sleep bruxism is a terminology given for teeth grinding at night.
I guess if you know what it is, and like me, you're probably looking for solutions rather than more questions. Like "why do I grind my teeth at night?"
That's what my first thought when I was told about it. Needless to say I jumped online when I got home to find out more about it. Like anything, it helps to know what it is, before you go into how the problem can be treated.
There's one thing in particular that I found was probably the most helpful and using a mouth guard for teeth grinding. It prevents the damage being done to your teeth.
From what I understand of it, it's not something you can treat in an instant. It takes a bit of time putting exercises to work, to alleviate the pain in the mornings.
The thing I found out about myself was that it's stress that's probably the main contribution for my teeth grinding episodes. So needless to say, lowering stress levels is something that will help treat sleep bruxism.
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