We have often had stressful times through our lives.When we get angry first reflex that we make is to squeeze the teeth and grind the teeth.When we look at the reasons for gnashing teeth while sleeping at night,we see that it is because of troubles that we put into our subconsciousness.The result is both annoying and disrupt of our health.
Even though we don't feel the effects of tooth creaking during the day,we usually tighten and creak out teeth at night under the influence of stress.In the morning we wake up with extremely severe pain.These aches appear in the tooth,chin and even in the head.Often traces of this are found in routine dental checks.The sharpened teeth are definite sign of this phenomenon.We also see that headaches and muscle tensions in neck and back are caused by sleep creaking. According to the researches done if you are squeezing your teeth,you apply 5 tons of power during this process.This force applied to the jaw unfortunately causes abrasions in the teeth ,breaks in the jawbone and trauma.
Rough surfaces such as tooth defects,fillings or coatings can cause the teeth creak. In fact people try to destroy the roughness by rubbing their teeth.However, the power applied during this time is 30 times higher than the average power applied during apple eating. If you tighten your teeth at night there is restriction in your jaw movements ,you can not chew comfortably.Ear tinnitus,face asymmetry,dis-balance,depression,blurred vision and eye twitching are other manifestations of teeth tightening. In today's conditions if you can't getaway from the stress in your life there is only one remedy..
I would recommend you to go to a dentist if you are gritting your teeth.Because there are some practices that will save you from gritting and relieve you.There are special devices that will prevent you from overloading your teeth. It also prevents damage of teeth, jaw joints, jaw bones and gums.These apparatuses will be according to your dental structure so you must see your dentist first and use the informations that will get from your dentist .Otherwise you will continue to grind your teeth. Of course you also have to take stress out of your life if it is possible .
Dt. Deniz Rizvanche
