Why People Grind Their Teeth - Stress

Jan 10
09:02

2011

Jay Sanders

Jay Sanders

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Do you grind your teeth? Do you grind your teeth so much that you have to wear a mouth guard at night? That doesn't sound like a great evening. Most of the time people wear mouth guards because of a problem with teeth alignment however there is a chance that you could be having a problem with your teeth alignment because you have some stress in your life.

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Stress is a natural part of life. The tension in your body is actually stored mostly in your shoulder,Why People Grind Their Teeth - Stress Articles neck and jaw. And whenever your jaw muscles tighten and began to clamp up you of course began to grind at your teeth. Grinding your teeth can lead to some major teeth problems such as broken and worn teeth, aching and even broken jaws and also clicking teeth. Of course all of this means huge dental bills.

 

Most people don't even realize that they grind their teeth until their dentist tells them that their teeth are actually worn and getting worst. Some people might know already because their partners tell them they do or maybe the next day they have aching jaws or even people just realize that they are clamping down onto their jaws and grinding on their teeth during the day.

 

There are many different treatments to help people who grind their teeth and are having problems with their teeth because of it. Some people are forced to wear mouth guards at night. While some people get Botox to get rid of the tension inside their muscles along with that people actually plug their noses.

 

Instead of going with a treatment maybe you should figure out just what is causing the teeth grinding in the first place. Is something going on in your life? Maybe you are angry about something or maybe even frustrated about something? Are you worried about something big like money and work? Or maybe you are having some relationship problems that are stressing you out? You might not even know why you grind your teeth right now but maybe you should really think about what happened right before you started to discover a way to stop.

 

Stress has always been the leading cause of any bad habit and when it comes to teeth grinding it's not only a bad habit but a very expensive habit since you have to stop or fix the problem the grinding is giving your mouth.