Night Grinding Symptons And Treatment
Night grinding is a painful and frustrating habit or tick that some people have that cause them to unconsciously grind their teeth together at night. It can affect the front or back teeth, or all around, and can cause major damage to the teeth and gums inside the mouth. There is a lot to know about night grinding because unless you know what to look for, you may not know you are doing it, and without knowing that you do it, it can’t be treated. These things include the causes, symptoms and treatment of night grinding.
Causes
The causes of night grinding are few in number, which is a good thing. The fewer the causes, the more likely you are to know if you are at a great risk for night grinding. Common causes include an abnormal bite or missing or gapped teeth. If you are missing a tooth or more, or have an over or under bite, chances are you could be a night grinder. This is because subconsciously your mouth tries to close down until it feels a tooth where there isn’t one, making the rest of your teeth painfully grinding in your sleep. Other common causes of night grinding include stress or anxiety, so those with very stressful jobs or lives, or those who have been going through a very stress and anxiety filled time, you could be a victim of night grinding.
Symptoms
There are quite a few symptoms of night grinding, and though you may only exhibit one, or up to five or six of these symptoms at a time, it is worth seeing a doctor over either way. Headaches or chronic facial pain while awake are very good symptoms of night grinding, indicating the pressure your head is under while your teeth are grinding. Other symptoms include noise while grinding that is even loud enough to wake yourself or your partner, chewed tissue in the mouth, indentations on the tongue, increased tooth sensitivity, and ear aches. More are tooth wear, flattening, cracking or breaking, and enlarged jaw muscles.
Treatment
Treatments of night grinding are varied depending on what the estimated cause of the grinding is. For some, this means therapy and stress management exercises to help ease anxiety as you sleep. For others, it is simply a matter of re-forming habits of how you hold your mouth. This is especially true if you have an abnormal bite or missing tooth. If you have a habit in the day, you’re likely to have it at night. There are several dental approaches as well, including the correction of misaligned teeth or filling in a gap from a missing tooth, mouth guards that hold your mouth in the proper position so you cannot grind or clench your jaw, and even splints, or frames that go over your upper or lower teeth to block grinding. One of the most effective night grinding guards is the Dr. Brux Bruxism Bite Tray Guard.
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