Archive for May, 2008

Stop grinding with a help from your partner

Your partner is there for you so use his help to stop teeth grinding. There are a few methods he can help you (sorted from light to heavy methods):
1. Ask your partner to wake you up when he hears you grinding your teeth
2. Ask your partner to wake you up and make you wash your [...]

Stop grinding teeth – the disadvantages of using a splint

Your dentist might have made a special splint designed especially by your teeth formation in order to stop grinding teeth. The splint is one of the most common devices used but also has major disadvantages regarding grinding teeth:
1. The splint itself may cause health damages.
2. The splint is good for stopping teeth grinding for a [...]

Diagnosing grinding teeth guide

Here is a list of methods you can use to diagnose if you have a problem of grinding teeth:
1. If you wake up in the middle of the night suffering from pains in your teeth and jaws, you are probably suffer for teeth grinding
2. If your spouse says he hears a sound of clenching in [...]

Grinding teeth stopping – It’s not all about you

If you are not concerned with the short term and log term damages you cause yourself while grinding your teeth and you are still not convinced you must find a cure to stop grinding teeth, at least think of the people close to you.
When grinding your teeth at night you make an unpleasant annoying noise [...]

Grinding teeth diagnosis

Your dentist will be able to diagnose teeth grinding usually within a few minutes. If it is your first visit to the dentist and he does not have a record of your dental history he may ask you to revisit him in a few weeks or months.
The dentist will check whether the tips of your [...]

Teeth grinding – Some important facts

Read this list of important facts about teeth grinding:
1. Many believe that teeth grinding is hereditary
2. More women than men suffer than grinding teeth
3. Teeth grinding is most common in the third and forth decades in one’s life
4. Clenching teeth is considered more dangerous than grinding teeth
5. Almost all teeth grinders are aware of their [...]