Do you find yourself habitually grinding your teeth together or clenching your jaw as if biting?

Does your partener say you  grind  your teeth while asleep?

What does this mean ? 

The habitual  grinding of teeth—known as bruxism—is caused by three main factors,

 Most people who have this problem simply are using their teeth to vent their stress. Others have a dislocated jaw joint that causes the jaw muscle to go into painful spasm.

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Tooth grinding may seem like a minor annoyance, but it’s important to get treatment. At the very least, habitual gnashing and clenching will give you sore jaws,

As you continue to grind, you may dislocate or even damage the jaw joint and give yourself headaches, neck or shoulder pain and ringing in the ears. And you almost certainly will loosen your teeth and wear away their chewing surfaces. If you grind down your teeth, you can throw your whole jaw out  and your teeth won’t align properly.

More and More people are becoming aware of teeth being worn away or becoming sensitive as a result of an acidic diet

 It is known that acidic beverages like sodas and citric juices like grapefruit and orange juice can damage teeth.

1,  identify the source of erosion, possibly with the help of a dental professional this may intake keeping a diet sheet for a few days and then having this examined by a dental professional who can study this for patterns and certain products which are causing the damage. 

2, Then steps can be taken to control and prevent further damage.

3,  Reducing consumption of the suspected food or beverage to the absolute minimum.

websites that can help on this include the british dental health foundation and colgates website