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.
A smile can be broken down into several components - what are they and how does it effect the smile
1, The lips – these frame the smile and large lips or thin can all make a difference to the smile and the way it looks thin lips will show more teeth and more of the gums
2, The gums – these can be considered the stage or the setting for the smile and they can have an impact on the smile if we show too much then this can give the gummy smile appearance.
3, The teeth – if the gums are the stage then the teeth are the actors and like actors they can come in many shapes and sizes but together the give the smile a certain character. Often if one or two are short or smaller in comparison to the others then this can effect the smile.
4, The face – not forgetting the face which lights up with a smile and the muscles in the face which move the cheek and allow us to smile .
1, trauma if you broke the teeth or they were chipped then this can cause a
2, the lips and tongue can exert pressures on the teeth causing them to develop in unusal places
3, ealry loss of the baby teeth this can cause the space to close too soon for the adult tooth
4, missing adult teeth
5, mesial drift- whereby the back teeth move gradully move forwards causing some crowding in the front teeth
6, extra teeth
7, big teeth and small mouth can cause crowding
these are the main reasons there may be more if i think of more will post agian on this subject most of these can be corrected using some kind of brace or orthodontic treatment
Are you suffering health problems due to bad oral health ?
The importance of oral health and oral hygiene is always been at the forefront in the mind of all dentists. Now the link between oral health and gum disease and also the impact of poor oral health on the body and associated dieases is getting stronger.
A strong connection between periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been suggested in recent clinical studies. As many as 75 percent of adults in the United States have been affected by periodontal disease.
So if you would like to know more then click here to find out or call 01772 717316 and book an examination.
Many people are afraid of the dentist and if you fall into this category then please do not worry you are not alone. This may be due to a past dental experience, which has resulted in a fear related to dentists and dentistry. This can turn into quite a downward spiral as if you don’t go to the dentist because you are afraid and then more and more treatment is required and so when you do go it is often too late to save teeth.
If you do have some dental anxiety then please be assured that there are many techniques and methods available to help you relax so please do not leave it until it is too late.
Trigeminal neuralgia, also known as tic douloureux, is a disorder of the fifth cranial nerve (trigeminal nerve) characterized by attacks of intense, stabbing pain affecting the mouth, cheek, nose, and/or other areas on one side of the face. The exact cause of trigeminal neuralgia is not fully understood.
The intense pain can often be confused with toothache and often leads to constant visits to the dentist.
What can be done?
there are several forms of treatment the starting point a medication which can help
and also can also be surgical intervention
Resources these are some very good websites that can help
