Teeth/ Dental?

Question

anybody have this problem? My boyfriend grinds his teeth at night and it drives me nuts. It is soo loud that it wakes me up, then I can't fall asleep. anybody want to share there experiences and tell me what they did to stop it.Please

Answer 1

There ARE other reasons, such as stress, but many people grind or clench their teeth because they do not meet exactly correctly. If your teeth do not meet correctly, they cause your jaw to shift slightly out of the joint to compensate for the mismatch in your bite. A bite appliance - when properly made - will eliminate the influence of the teeth over the position the bones take in the TMJ. It will allow your jaw to rest in the balanced (and comfortable) position where it belongs. After wearing an appliance for a while, your dentist might suggest some adjustments to your bite, slightly altering (grinding) the surfaces so that they no longer have any interferences to closing with your jaw in the proper position.

Answer 2

My husband and I have the same problem. I would hear him grinding away and it kept me up a lot, lol. Then at my last dental visit, I found out I grind also, lol. Tell him or buy him a night guard. Get one from the dentist or the one at the drugstore (the kind you boil and mold to your teeth). Make sure it's for teeth grinding and not for sports. I got the one where it's molded to my teeth. Grinding caused my teeth to shift, chip/crack, also jaw ache when I woke up. The night guard helps a bunch. Good luck!

Answer 3

You can tell him to try meditation. He may be stressed.But I would really suggest that you ask him to see a temporomandibular disorder (TMD - laymen call it TMJ) specialist. Some dentists go through additional three years of training to become Prosthodontists. Some Prosthodontists then do 1 year of super specialization in Temporo Mandibular Disorders. You need to see one of those guys. Sometimes the way your teeth come together can trigger your muscles to fire and cause grinding in sleep. It is a very complicated science - it has some neurological aspect to it as well. TMD specialists go through school for half their life just trying to learn this. A good place to find one is www.prosthodontics.org
A way to protect your teeth from wearing away is to wear a night guard.
A TMD specialist will try to achieve both - remove the problem as well protect your teeth from wearing away.
Stay away from general dentists trying to make an easy buck!!. If it was easy, it wouldn't take four additional years of training!!

Answer 4

He has to go to his dentist and get a biteplane made, if not he can grind right thru his teeth to the nerve -then there's big trouble. Also he can damage his jaw joint grinding so much.

Answer 5

Tell him to wear a mouth guard at night.