Once you address your issues with nightly teeth grinding, you can be free from ongoing concerns about its effect on your smile and oral health. Unfortunately, you can have lingering concerns about the effect this issue, often referred to as bruxism, has had on your enamel already. What can you do if your teeth appear… Read more »
Category: Bruxism
Our Responses To Problems With Teeth Grinding
There may be several matters your dentist has to address when you have issues with teeth grinding. The first concern can be stopping this problem from continuing. If it is not resolved, the regular pressure on your enamel can lead to teeth chipping or even cracking, which will call for restorative dental work. A night… Read more »
Is Bruxism Responsible For Your Chronic Jaw Pain?
If you often feel pain in your face and jaw, particularly when you wake up, you should be concerned. This can be a warning that you are struggling with bruxism, a condition that causes an individual to grind their teeth throughout the night while they rest. Over time, this can have several worrying consequences. You… Read more »
What To Do If Stress Creates A Teeth Grinding Problem
When you keep experiencing periods of stress, or when you struggle with stress over a longer period of time, you can start to identify the physical responses that stem from this taxing state. One change you may identify is a habit of grinding your teeth. While you can stop yourself from grinding your teeth during… Read more »
What To Do If Teeth Grinding Leads To Dental Damage
If you let a teeth grinding problem go on for too long, issues with dental damage can become difficult to overlook. In addition to wearing down teeth, this habit can lead to problems with chipping and cracking that hurt your oral health. At our Ankeny, IA dentist’s office, patients who show signs of this problem,… Read more »
Periods Of Stress Can Increase Your Risk For Bruxism
Unfortunately, it can be difficult to completely avoid stressful periods, but it is important to note that you can take care to manage your stress at these times. By doing so, you can control some of the health consequences that come with these frustrating episodes in your life. One benefit to better stress management is… Read more »
Could You Have Bruxism and Not Know It?
Bruxism, or the constant grinding of your teeth, can sometimes be a more complex concern to deal with than issues like tooth decay or gum disease. For example, it can be caused by a variety of factors, and therefore, treatment might be different for every patient who has it. In addition, bruxism isn’t always obvious… Read more »
What to Do When You Grind Your Teeth Too Much
When you have a teeth-grinding problem (bruxism), you may not notice it at first. The times that you notice yourself grinding your teeth may not seem serious, and most of your grinding may occur while you sleep. However, before long, the effects of bruxism will become undeniably more noticeable, and those effects can impact almost… Read more »
Why Bruxism Doesn’t Have To Make You Feel Bad
Of course, if you find out that you are dealing with grinding and clenching, which we refer to as bruxism disorder, it’s only natural to feel a quick twinge of sadness. Nobody wants the function of their smile to be less than exceptional! With that said, however, our Ankeny, IA team reminds you that as… Read more »
Oral Appliances: Answering Your Main Questions
When you come to our Ankeny, IA practice for a functional disorder (which means a concern with the way your smile is working, rather than a problem related to your dental hygiene), you will likely find yourself discussing oral appliance therapy with us. At a glance, you realize that this sounds like an easy, noninvasive… Read more »