Grinding teeth??

Question

What can i do to stop grinding my teeth at night? What are the symptoms of grinding your teeth? Why do i do this? i normaly get really bad ear ache in the day and night and neck ache.

Answer 1

Your not the only one who does that so don't feel bad...i asked my dentist about it and i told him that when i wake up in the morning my teeth feel lose..he told me it was because i was grinding my teeth in my sleep and to go to a sports store like sports authority, and buy a mouth piece like the football players wear. Cut off the piece that connects to their helmets. and sleep wit that to prevent the grinding..i did it and ever since i haven't been grinding and my mouth feels betta.

hope this helps!

Answer 2

Hello, Tooth grinding is a classic reaction to emotional stress in a persons life...It's also possible the person who is gritting and grinding doesn't know that they are reacting to a stress issue...I'm going to send you a copy of my Information Page on that issue...While it' primarily deals with people who have dentures, the reality is that it applies to everyone...I just happen to specialize in Dentures and wrote it with those people specifically in mind...but like I said , it applies to everyone who has stress. Good luck and I wish you well.

(EDS)

EMOTIONAL DENTURE STRESS

By: The Denture Pro.

Copyright - 1980

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The number of denture wearers who suffer from (EDS), Emotional Denture Stress

is far greater than those in the dental profession realize. Even today many dental

professionals do not recognize (EDS) or know what to do about it when they do figure out

that something emotional is affecting the patient.

(EDS) is usually exhibited by one or more of several different symptoms.  The most

common symptoms are red rash gum tissue, sore spots, loss of gum bone, fatty gum tissue,

loose dentures. Not every symptom is the results of a patient suffering (EDS), but almost

every patient who is suffering from (EDS) will have most all of the symptoms.

(EDS), Emotional Denture Stress is created by problems related to one of the

following areas. Health, Marriage, Employment, Money, s*x and Self Esteem. Let me give

you some examples of (EDS) in some of those areas.



It may be that the patient has a very close loved one who has a terminal illness and

because of that they stay very emotionally affected...A health problem doesn’t have to be

one that affects the patient personally.

It could be that the patient really dislikes where they work or someone they work

with and when it’s time to go to work they begin to get up tight emotionally. It could be

that a patient is dealing with the fact that they or someone close to them is in sever financial

striates and any number of situations could exist that is sexual in nature. Then of coarse

you have the patient who has great concern as to their own feelings of being a worthwhile

person....that could be due to abuse from a spouse, family member or friends. In any event

dealing with one or more of the above mentioned situations can cause a great deal of

problems for a denture wearer.

This is how it works.....let’s look at it as though it were a large clock on the wall.

Let’s say that you get up in the morning and what ever it is that causes your stress to start

up begins. We call that 12:00 on the stress clock. Between 12:00 and 3:00 on the stress clock

(which could be hours or even days) the stress you feel causes you to clinch your teeth

together, over and over and over. Between 3:00 and 6:00 on the stress clock the pressure

from clinching or grinding presses the denture into the gum tissue and that pressure forces

the fluid in the gum tissues to be squeezed out and into the floor of the mouth. Between

6:00 and 9:00 the pressing of the denture into the gums had forced the tissue fluids out and

the gums shrink making the denture loose. The lack of tissue fluids allows the tissue to be

forced against the hard denture on one side and the hard bone on the other. This constant

pressure causes sore spots and eventually bone shrinkage..

NOW....when the shrinkage, sore spots and looseness gets to be to much the patient

shows up for treatment of those conditions at the dental professionals office. Between 9:00

and 12:00  on the Stress Clock the dental professional trys a number of treatment plans to

restore the patients dentures to painless well functioning dental appliances......HOWEVER,

if the true cause of the (EDS) is not discovered and dealt with, the Stress Clock will begin

ticking again and all the same old problems will return or stay as is.....What’s more, there

is “no” dental treatment plan or service that can over come the affects of “Emotional

Denture Stress”.

It’s very sad to have a patient that can’t be helped due to the fact hat they suffer

from (EDS) and either doesn’t know it or doesn’t have the courage to deal with it. I’ve seen

a number of patients who found out about their (EDS) through getting their first dentures

and through realizing it existed took steps to correct the issues, in some cases it took

professional counseling. Then there were those who through conversations on a private

basis realized they needed professional help but didn’t have the courage to seek it out,

usually those were abuse or drug related situations.

The bottom line is that any dental professional worth his or her salt should be able

to recognize they are dealing with a person suffering from (EDS) and after realizing what is

going on should be very straight forward with the patient and explain what their options

are.....and the bottom most line is that unresolved “EDS” Emotional Denture Stress creates

denture problems that “NO” dental professional can overcome by adjusting, grinding,

relining or even replacing the denture.......you can’t cure a disease by covering up the

symptom.

If you have questions regarding this information you may Email

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