What is Tooth Grinding
Bruxism, or tooth grinding, is an oral para-functional habit observed in a large number of people occasionally and, in a smaller number, habitually. The mechanism of causation is t...
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She grind her teeth a lot, but rarely wears her brace, as she forgets a lot. She has broken a couple teeth and nearly every crown she gets. i don't know much about this and would like to find out more to help her out
Posted on 10/05/09, 07:10 pm |
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During the day tell her when she is going to grind her teeth to bite down on her tounge rather then teeth on teeth contact. Of course don't bite the heck out of her tounge but rather then grinding the teeth the teeth will be hitting the tounge and stopping that contact and the sore jaw. But for at night she will need to wear that mouth gaurd. There is no other way to stop night grinding unless you wear the mouth gaurd. 
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