How To Stop Teeth Grinding At Night

Teeth grinding or bruxism is defined as clenching or grinding the teeth at night. The cause of teeth grinding or bruxism is mainly due to stress.

Due to bruxism, the enamel of the teeth wear away and it can lead to tooth decay and sensitive teeth.

Bruxism also damages the temporomandibular jaw. Many of them don’t realize that they grind their teeth at night. Your partner may recognize and inform about your bruxism.

Tips To Stop Bruxism At Night:

• Stress is the major contributor of bruxism. Reduce stress to overcome the symptoms of bruxism. If stress is reduced, your get a good sleep at night.
• Keep your lips closed but your teeth apart when you are not chewing or swallowing. Feel the muscles relaxed by dropping your jaw.
• Exercise your body, as exercise helps in relieving tension and stress that causes bruxism.
• Take warm bath before going to bed because warm water may temporarily relax your jaw muscles.
• Remember your clenching and practice to relax the jaw in the daytime to reduce bruxism.
• Give your jaw muscles a break by keeping hard-crusted popcorn or chewy foods to give jaw workout especially when you are feeling more discomfort in jaw.
• Give gentle massage to the jaw muscles so that jaw muscles get relaxed.
• Using hot water, apply wash cloth to the jaw muscles as moist heat works best in relaxing the jaw muscles.
• Reduce alcohol and caffeine consumption at night as they may stimulate and disturb the night sleep and may cause teeth grinding.
• Take an appointment with the dentist and discuss your problem with him to prevent further damage of the teeth.
• Doctor can prescribe a plastic or acrylic night guard to wear at night. It will not stop teeth grinding but prevents from bruxism and damage of teeth.

Hypnosis for Bruxism:

As stress is the major cause of bruxism, hypnosis can help to relax and reduce stress and to develop more positive strategy for coping and conquering stress. Hypnosis work with unconscious mind to make it relax as teeth grinding is an unconscious habit.

This is the proven technique and most people are experiencing a sudden drop of bruxism problem when they are trying hypnosis.

GrindAlert for Bruxism:

GrindAlert is a battery powered device which can be weared on your forehead like a soft, comfortable headband during sleep. When you grind or clench your teeth, GrindAlert sounds a quiet SleepTone that gently signals you to stop bruxism.

As bruxism is an unconscious act, GrindAlert’s biofeedback system works while you sleep to gradually retrain your muscles and stop grinding the teeth once for all.

For more information on GrindAlert visit:

http://www.bruxcare.com/