Grinding teeth

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I've noticed that I tend to grind my teeth all the time. And my partner has woken me in the night to stop me from doing it!!


How do you stop? I try to when I noticed that I’m doing it but its really hard cause half the time I don't notice it at all!!

Femelade

glue felt to your teeth.

county

you dont,my partner also does it and it drives me crazy but what i tend to do is i give her a little nudge and she stops,just a tap nothing to violent

Beruthiel

Femmy wrote:

glue felt to your teeth.

femmy
that's not very helpful

page
have you talked to your dentist about it?
there are gum shields you can get

county

you should only get gumshields if your damaging your teeth

Femelade

Beruthiel wrote:

femmy
that's not very helpful

sorry , i was kidding......
sorry page, yeah i think there are gum shields u can get - cant be very comfortable though.

i liked my felt idea
only messing...... :rolleyes:

-Femmy

disillusioned

i've the same habit but it tends to be when i'm stressed. it's a curse.
i haven't found a solution.

DigiMarc

Gumshields aren't meant to be worn for that length of time. However you can get whats called a night splint (basically a gumshield but cast from your teeth) from a dentist. They are far from cheap though and will cost over €100.

I totally recommend one though because if you keep grinding you are going to grind your teeth down. I lost a couple of mm in just 2 years.

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thank you.. its the head ache's that come from the grinding that make me notice what i've been doing ... i'll look into the gum sheild.. but i'd like to find a solution to the problem you know!

Beruthiel

then a talk with your dentist is the best way to go!

nesf

Yeah in severe cases people who grind their teeth while they sleep can really do a lot of damage.

That's rare though.

More than likely it'll just help your partner sleep if he's a light sleeper. It's worth getting it done properly though, get a proper shield thingy, can't remember the exact term.

Can link to some articles on this if you want, I came across them while doing some reading on dentistry looking for information on my jaw (long story).

sutty

Beruthiel wrote:

then a talk with your dentist is the best way to go!

What ruthie said. I had an ex that used to do it. She used to get the headache's as well. It is a major problem as you are ginding away your teeth. Best advice is go see your dentist. My ex had the night splint thing. But she found it very uncomfortable to use at night while sleeping. But it had to be done.

If I remember right, there are reasons why you do this. I'm not to sure, but I think it was stress for my ex and also afact that she used to "clench" her teeth during the day. So from what she was told by the dentist. This caused her to grind her teeth at night while asleep.

DigiMarc

I found it was only uncomfortable for the first week but after that you don't really notice it anymore. And it is definitely worth a week of discomfort to be rid of the headaches.

The other thing is sometimes if you have been grinding during the night, you're jaw can be very sore the next morning. The night splint does help alot with this. You may still wake up with a sore jaw but it won't be half as bad.

You'll also notice over time that you develop teeth marks and grooves in the night splint. You can just imagine the damage this would do to unprotected teeth.

David19

Yeah its caused by stress. You should go to the dentist and get a night splint as people have suggested.

][cEMAN**

Tend to do this while awake - it's usually while i've got a tune stuck in my head.

The ex used to do it herself. Again a slight nudge tended to help. Though it was pretty rare with her. I didn't mind it - I was really more worried she'd do damage to herself.

alantc

It's called Bruxism. Apparantly caused by stress and lack of vitiman b5, calcium and magnesium. Buy som supplements. There's loads on the web about it.

Gordon

That 'gum splint' helped a friend of mine out a great deal. Unfortunately she doesn't use it every night as it's annoying for her but it worked at least.

Squirrel

Is it serious, I clench and grind my teeth. My dentist told me that I do it like the CEO of Enron would have, doubt that's a good thing, I'm 16 btw.

LegacyUser

Braces are a more permanent solution in the long run.

tk123

i do this too and have a night shield...I do it cos i get stressed all the time...it's crazy when you see how much of the shield you've grinded away - mine has huge dents in it that would have been my teeth!!! The dentist also told me one time that they can sometimes file your teeth they don't do as much damage - say if one is out of line or something!??! Anyhoos go to the dentist and they'll sort you or if you hang around lomb might pop in sooner or later and maybe give you a pro's opinion!!

The_Conductor

I got a gum shield from my dentist- I've been advised to wear it during the daytime as well as at night (not constantly obviously....)
I often grind my teeth while in work, often unconsciously.
It first came to my notice when I was suffering intolerable "tooth aches" which I wasn't able to track to a particular tooth. As per the above posts- my dentist took castings of my upper jaw (just the upper one, not the lower one) and cast a transparent rubbery like mold of my teeth and gums. This is mounted in a plaster cast. It cost Euro 140 at my dentist- and she sent it to me in the post a few days later. Its certainly helped me, and if you grind your teeth I'd definitively recommend it.

S.

tk123

eeeep - mine is a resin one - I think their the toughest ones!! Mine was over £300 too btw - yes £s!!It's been that long since i went to the dentist!! i'll make an appointment one of these days!HONEST!!!