Category: Bruxism/TMJ

How Bruxism And TMJ Disorder Affect Your Smile

When it comes to your oral health, you may be mostly concerned about keeping your teeth cavity-free and maintaining healthy gums. While these are great preventive measures, other problems can harm your smile. Issues such as TMJ disorder and bruxism can harm your joints and wear down your enamel. Today, your Cedar Dental in Cedar… Read more »

Control Your Overnight Grinding

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If you struggle with bruxism, you could be causing damage to your teeth while you sleep. This condition is a prevalent sleep disorder that is centered around the overnight grinding of teeth, and there is accessible treatment available. An oral appliance keeps your teeth safe through the use of a gentle BPA-free guard to prevent… Read more »

The Connection Between TMJ Disorder & Bruxism

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Suffering from unexplained headaches can feel like torture. You can be doing everything right — drinking plenty of water, eating well, and minimizing stress — but the throbbing, consistent pain still exists. While it is easy to turn to pain relievers in these cases, it is more beneficial (and long-lasting) to address the root cause…. Read more »

Are You Affected By Chronic Teeth Grinding?

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Taking care of your smile is an essential practice to maintain, and your oral health is affected by much more than you might expect. Indeed, your grin is constantly facing the threat of oral bacteria, germs, infection, and disease, and unfortunately, you do not have much in terms of natural defense. As such, it is… Read more »

Taking A Look At TMJ Disorder

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It goes without saying that preventive dentistry is the name of the game when it comes to taking care of your smile. After all, your smile’s only natural line of defense includes the protective layer of dental enamel that covers your teeth, and even that cannot account for all components that make up your oral… Read more »

Major Concerns Brought On By Bruxism

It goes without saying that dental prevention is essential to maintaining a lifelong grin. After all, there are countless factors that can influence your oral health, and not enough natural lines of defense to fend them all off. What’s more? Nontraditional concerns such as obstructive sleep apnea and chronic teeth-grinding can pose even more threats… Read more »

Treatment For Chronic Teeth-Grinding

It goes without saying that loving the smile you sport holds significant meaning for a lot of people. After all, many patients say that a brighter grin is indicative of a heightened sense of self-confidence, and everyone should be pleased with their smile. Still, however, there are countless threats out there that impact this goal…. Read more »

How To Combat Incessant Teeth-Grinding

Taking care of your smile is an ongoing process, and one that is easy to get behind on. After all, we are only human and a hectic day-to-day schedule can make it difficult to find time to attend our routine visits. Indeed, threats such as dental decay and infection can set in at a much… Read more »

When Bruxism Results In Jaw Dysfunction

Your oral health takes into consideration more factors than just the strength of your teeth. As a matter of fact, the quality of your oral structures, tongue, gums, jaw, cheeks, lips, and throat all contribute the quality of your overall oral health, which means ensuring each of these aspects is functioning properly is critical. In… Read more »