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While you dream... at night, you could be rocking your teeth loose.
None of us are vegetables. We’ve got nervous systems, nervous systems that respond to stress and tension. At night, when we think we’re at peace with the world, many, many of us are responding to the tensions of the day. We’re gritting our teeth and we don’t even realize it. Our jaw muscles are clamping our teeth together with fantastic pressures, about 300 pounds per square inch or about 68000 lbs. on the tip of a cusp! Sound more like a night-mare than a dream? It is! When your jaw muscles and your teeth fight, you don’t lose your muscles. The muscles press upper and lower teeth together & from side to side. This pumping action can start melting the bone that holds teeth, away and the teeth loosen. Slight irregularities on the chewing surfaces of your teeth trigger clenching. People clench a high spot to grind it down, or to find a comfortable place to fit the jaws together. Bite adjustment, to equalize pressures and spread forces evenly and to remove interfering high spots, is the answer. Sometimes a “night-guard” splint helps, because it covers trigger irregularities - If 1 out of every 4 people in the U.S. has no teeth in one or both jaws, and if this stress is a major cause of tooth loss, it makes good sense to have your bite checked. People who clench, have tension lines on their faces. Let’s keep our dreams sweet! Jerry Mittleman |
Yes, it is true that the chances are very great, that you clench, gnash,
and grit your teeth at night.