Teeth grinding is a phenomenon often clenched teeth, can develop into grinding. What causes teeth grinding due to occlusion (between the upper teeth and lower jaw) is skewed; Anxiety, tension or stress; Inciting or excessive emotion; Due to the side effects of certain medications such as anti-nerve depression ... Often patients do not know they have disabilities gritted teeth as often happens during sleep. Patients found the examinations as a result of teeth grinding cause tooth erosion. Disability teeth grinding can occur at any age.
Due to the use of force in this action many times greater forces generated by chewing, teeth grinding disability not only make sounds annoying for the people around, but also cause tooth erosion.
Certificate gnashing of teeth or prolonged biting teeth can cause wear of the teeth, tooth fracture zone, a long time can alter the bite between the two functions. There are also joint pain in the solar function, or fatigue or muscle pain.
Gnashing of teeth can cause the jaw muscles to spasm, patients with fatigue, sore jaw muscles.
Due to the excessive activity can be at non-university bite on both sides, making lopsided faces or square, and the impact on the joints causing joint structural damage such as joint disorder temporal function. Depending on the degree of joint damage, the patient will have different expression: arthralgia function, have magnifying swept cry when open his mouth or when chewing, dyskinesia opened his mouth askew, open mouth hard ...
Symptoms of teeth grinding include the presence of the wear on the teeth, solar control joints jaw, chewing muscle pain, swimming teeth or fillings and X-ray film on the wide periodontal ligament.These symptoms can occur in different combination.
When was grinding long, especially when worn teeth need treatment. The treatment is to first resolve tensions in work and in life, if any. If necessary, ask the opinion of a doctor of psychology.
Dentist can adjust the joints and chewing trough for patients. The joint may help decrease tooth grinding. Wear trough chewing at night or during the day at work stress will help you to stop tooth wear, reduces muscle fatigue or pain.