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my entire life changed when my dentist told me that the only time my teeth should be touching is when i’m chewing. every single time my teeth are touching i have to separate them. and i noticed that i clench my teeth a LOT.
when your mouth is closed and your teeth are touching or held tightly together, you are unnecessarily straining muscles out of stress. the healthiest way to hold your jaw is slightly apart, where it is relaxed. THIS HELPS WITH HEADACHES
I unclenched my jaw upon reading this.
This shit is important.
I knew I clenched my jaw in my sleep, and I even got fitted for a night guard, but I still didn’t really pay attention until my dentist told me I was developing fracture lines in my teeth. I clenched my jaw so hard that I was literally breaking my teeth. And those fractures can’t heal, so now I have to wear my night guard religiously and hope to God the fractures don’t get bad enough that I need crowns.
If you notice yourself clenching, or if your jaw feels tight a lot, talk to your dentist as soon as you’re able. Getting a night guard is expensive and a pain in the ass, but nothing like what’ll happen if you fucking fracture your teeth. If you have a high gag reflex like me, ask for the small kind of night guard that only goes back to your incisors.
I don’t mean to scare anybody or make you freak out, but you gotta take clenching seriously.
Um so SAME^
If you can’t afford a dentist trip or the mouth guard they’d give you and you suspect you may be grinding at night Target has a $15 one and Amazon has packs of super cheap semi disposable ones. They’re not as nice of course by anything is WAY better than fracturing your teeth.
Some common signs you grind: frequent dull headaches, jaw pain, dull perisistent toothaches (like in the roots), developing knotches in your teeth where another one rests when you clench, smoothed/wearing tops of teeth.
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