Grinding your teeth on a regular basis, also known as bruxism, could wear down and damage your smile. Without treatment to manage the issue, you risk cracked, chipped, and worn-down teeth. But your Ankeny, IA, dentist can help with oral appliance therapy for bruxism, safeguarding your smile against major complications and preventing discomfort!
The Possible Causes of Your Bruxism
How do we start grinding our teeth on such a frequent basis at night? This could be due to a higher-than-normal level of stress in your daily life. For others, bruxism could occur when issues develop that upset your bite balance, such as tooth loss, misalignment, injury to the face or jaw, untreated TMJ disorder, and concerns with the growth of your jaw or eruption of your teeth. When you grind your teeth, this could irritate your significant other and also cause headaches, jaw and facial pain, discomfort when you eat, toothaches, and tooth sensitivity. You could also notice teeth appearing worn down or cracked/chipped.
The Impact of Dental Damage
When your teeth are damaged, even if these injuries appear very minor, this could increase the risk of tooth decay and infection, causing worsening pain and increasing the risk of discomfort and even tooth loss. Which is why we want to offer treatment to prevent further damage, and also repair whatever injuries have formed already.
Treating Bruxism and Repairing Your Smile
Our team will take detailed digital images of your bite from multiple angles and then use them to design and craft an oral appliance, which looks and fits like a mouthguard. Worn while you sleep, the device will reposition the jaw to ease pressure and strain, and also places a very soft barrier between your upper and lower teeth to prevent further damage to your smile. The appliance will be simple to use and clean, and it can travel with you as needed.
What about the injuries that have occurred? For some, we could treat minor damage in one sitting with dental bonding, using lifelike composite resin to repair the tooth. For more substantial injuries, we could create and place custom dental crowns, so your smile looks good and avoids serious discomfort. If you have any questions about how our team will diagnose and treat issues like teeth grinding, or if you would like to make an appointment for a bruxism evaluation, then contact our team today to learn more and get started!
Dental Impressions Offers Treatment for Bruxism
We want to provide treatment to safeguard your smile and prevent uncomfortable symptoms, keeping your smile healthy and comfortable. To schedule your appointment and enjoy relief from teeth grinding, then call Dental Impressions in Ankeny, IA today at (515) 965-0230.
