If you have persistent pain in your bite, such as toothaches, and your teeth begin to appear worn down or damaged, then you may have bruxism. To prevent further injury, we could offer an oral appliance to treat your chronic teeth grinding. In today’s blog, Dental Impressions in Ankeny, IA, talks about stopping the pain of untreated bruxism! Our team can also help repair damage that has occurred to protect your smile from major complications.
The Causes of Chronic Teeth Grinding
Adults could develop bruxism due to factors that upset their bite balance, such as tooth loss, misalignment, injury to the face or jaw, or even due to issues with the growth and development of your jaw or the eruption of your teeth. Wisdom teeth arriving in early adulthood could be a factor too, as could high levels of stress or even untreated issues like TMD. As part of your treatment experience, we will examine your smile with digital imaging and make a diagnosis with precision, so we can plan the best treatment for your smile.
Bruxism Symptoms
What symptoms could you be aware of? For some, their significant other could let them know about teeth grinding episodes. For others, symptoms could occur during waking hours to indicate the disorder, such as headaches, migraines, jaw and facial pain, and toothaches and tooth sensitivity. Teeth could also appear shorter and worn down as well. When you have symptoms like these, you need to seek treatment. We could often help with a comfortable and noninvasive oral appliance!
Help From Our Team
With an oral appliance, we will take detailed digital images of your bite from multiple angles. We then take these and use them to design and craft a custom-fitted oral appliance, one that looks and acts like a mouthguard. Worn while you sleep, the oral appliance will comfortably shift your jaw to help ease underlying stress and strain. This also places a soft barrier between the upper and lower sets of teeth to prevent further damage to them, protecting your smile from injury and discomfort. The appliance is easy to use and clean, and it can travel with you on your summer vacation too!
If you have damaged teeth due to bruxism, we could offer repair in only one visit with dental bonding. Our team could also help your smile with a custom crown. If you have any questions about how we design and treat issues like bruxism, then contact our team today to learn more.
Dental Impressions Stops Your Chronic Teeth Grinding
We want to stop the pain in your smile by treating teeth grinding! To schedule an appointment and stop your teeth grinding, then call Dental Impressions in Ankeny, IA today at (515) 965-0230.
