What is Teeth Grinding and What are the Techniques to Stop it?

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What is Teeth Grinding and What are the Techniques to Stop it? Did your partner frighten you with the grinding teeth at night? Did he/she ever wake up in the morning with the sore jaw and teeth? In medical terms, teeth grinding is called ​bruxism​, and it can develop at any stage of life. Although it is generally considered harmless, however, regular grinding leads to many oral complications.

What Causes Teeth Grinding? Although there is not strong evidence and logic about the causes of teeth grinding, some research suggests that smoking, stress, depression, anxiety, caffeine, sleep problem, and heavy alcohol are some of the reasons to boost this problem. Some research indicates a direct link between stressful work environments and grinding teeth at night. Most of the time, people are unaware of their teeth grinding habit as it occurs during sleep. So, it becomes necessary to learn about its symptoms to solve future oral problems. Some of its symptoms include a sore jaw, constant headache, change in teeth, and jaw tenderness. So the next question that might pop up in the readers’ minds is about the damage caused by it. Teeth grinding can lead to hearing loss, jaw damage, loss of teeth, change in the shape of the face, and lots more.

How to Stop Grinding Teeth? How to stop grinding teeth might be your next question. There are several ways to stop grinding teeth, depending on the cause of your grinding. Talk to your


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