Do you have persistent pain in your jaw? If so, this could be due to a common issue. Bruxism, or chronic teeth grinding, could lead to discomfort in your face and eventually damage your teeth! But your Ankeny, IA, dentist can help with a custom bruxism appliance.
The Source of Your Jaw Pain
How does bruxism develop, why do we start to grind our teeth regularly at night? The disorder could occur due to related issues like TMD placing pressure on your bite. An elevated level of stress in your daily life could also be responsible. Other common factors include missing teeth, misalignment, and issues with the growth of your jaw or eruption of your teeth. The arrival of your wisdom teeth could also be a major factor!
Warning signs include headaches, migraines, pain in the neck and shoulders, aches in the face and jaw, and tooth sensitivity and toothaches. When you experience chronic pain in and around your smile, then please reach out to our team today to discuss possible solutions.
Starting Your Treatment
When you arrive, we will talk to you about your oral hygiene habits and symptoms to gain an understanding of your daily routine. We then take a close look at your smile with digital imaging technology. We want to assess the strain and imbalance in your bite, and look for the tell-tale signs of wear and friction on the surfaces of the teeth. With this information, we can discuss possible solutions. Treatments vary, as for some we may need orthodontic aligners to correct misalignment, or we could discuss repairing teeth and imbalance with crowns and bonding. Our team could also address missing teeth with dental bridges or implants. But for most, we will provide relief with a comfortable and custom oral appliance.
Oral Appliance Therapy and Repair
Our team will gather detailed digital images of your bite from multiple angles with an intraoral camera, and use these images to create a 3D model of your smile. With this model, we can design and craft an oral appliance in a lab setting. The device will look and fit much like a mouthguard, and is worn while you rest at night. When in place, this shifts your jaw to ease underlying stress and strain, while also placing a soft barrier between the upper and lower sets of teeth, preventing further damage. Speaking of damage, we can repair any injuries to your teeth with crowns or possibly same-day dental bonding!
Dental Impressions Offers Bruxism Treatment
Don’t let an issue like bruxism damage teeth and lead to uncomfortable symptoms. To schedule an appointment for bruxism appliances, then call Dental Impressions in Ankeny, IA today at (515) 965-0230.
