Your Health's Journal

A lot of people forget to take note of how they manifest signs of their stress. The stress and tension that you carry through your day can be so intense that signs of stress may even show up during your sleep hours. The most common way that stress can show up during your sleep can be teeth grinding.

If you continue reading the next few paragraphs, you’ll find some information that you might find helpful regarding teeth grinding.

1-Some Immediate Dangers

Teeth grinding can cause damage not only to your teeth themselves but also exert a large amount of stress on your jaws and their muscle structures. This can result in waking up to painful sensations that radiate from your jaw area, particularly where it connects to your skull.

This can throw off the alignment of your teeth which can compound the issues, so it’s important to take note of the things that could be triggering this reaction and stop them as soon as possible. At this point, you might be asking yourself what you can do about it directly, but there are some short-term solutions that you can try.

2-Things You Can Try

For a lot of people, the first thing they want to do is find out how they can keep these
teeth away from each other when they sleep. This can be done using different types of
mouthguards until you can find some more long-term solutions to the problem. You can also try limiting the amount of caffeine and other stimulants that you intake in a day.

Stimulants are known for causing a buildup of stress when they are used too often or
taken right before bed, but it’s also possible that these manifestations could be signs of
other issues that your body has been experiencing.

3-Deeper Causes

If you haven’t been able to reduce the amount of teeth grinding that you find yourself
doing during your journey, then you might have to have some kind of sleep study done. This is important because it’s entirely possible that the teeth grinding is a sign of a more serious disorder like sleep apnea, which could easily develop into something life threatening.

Sleep Apnea occurs when your breathing becomes obstructed, so this can lead to interrupted sleep, daytime drowsiness, and in some cases, even death, so you should try to find out the source of this discomfort with an urgent effort.

The good news about teeth grinding is that it is relatively easy to treat. You can visit
your dentist to get a mouth guard, which will be placed over your top and bottom teeth,
providing a barrier between the top and bottom rows. That way, even if you try
to clench or grind your teeth, they won’t make contact, therefore protecting the enamel.
Over time, you will start reducing the habit thanks to the mouth guard, so you might not have to wear it for the rest of your life.

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