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How To Prevent Teeth Grinding Or Bruxism ?

"Teeth/Tooth Grinding" , also referred as "Bruxism" , is something many

individuals do frequently during their night sleeps.However , excess grinding of

teeth harms our enamel and adversely affects our oral health. It may lead to many

complications. It occurs most commonly to youngsters , however , if not taken

care of , this may continue even when they are mature . Tooth Grinding arises due

to a varies number of reasons.

Why?

Why does one grinds his teeth while sleeping? The most accepted reason for this is

mental stress . Other reason for clenching of teeth includes supressed anger.

Aggressive persona of an individual may also lead to bruxism .

Ill-Effects

What are the ill-effects of teeth grinding ? Does clenching of teeth harms health

severely ? Well , occasional teeth clenching does not pose a major threat to your

health.However , if you regularly clench your teeth , then it may trigger critical

problems like severe headaches and ofcourse , teeth-damage.It can lead to severe

temporomandibular issues.

Diagnosis

The major hurdle in diagnosing Bruxism is that one does it unconsiously during

his/her sleeps.An approach to this can be regular visits to a dentist.Your dentist

will be able to find whether you have tooth grinding habit or not by examining

your tooth sensitivity.

Remedy

Sometimes , bruxims is just a short-lived temporary habit.However , a therapy may

become quite essential when it remains for a longer period of time.The therapy

includes fitting of a customized 'mouth guard' for your teeth.If your teeth are

misaligned , then your dentist might take some steps to fix it. If you are an

aggressive individual or constantly suffer from stress , a behavoir therapy could

do wonders.Try to maintain your calm .




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