The following article has been medically reviewed for factual accuracies and current orthodontic practices by Dr. Tom McCarthy.
Sleep bruxism occurs when you grind your teeth together subconsciously while you sleep. Brought on by stress, anxiety, and other life factors such as age or sleeping positions, sleep bruxism can severely affect your life. When your teeth grind together it can create tension in your jaw muscles. As the jaw muscles continue to be overworked they become exhausted which results in headaches when you wake up. If you’ve noticed morning headaches becoming a regular part of your routine, there’s a good chance that you may have sleep bruxism.
If you sleep with a partner, they may be able to hear if you are suffering from sleep bruxism. A clicking or popping sound can come from the joints in your jaw as it moves up and down. These may not wake you up but they can annoy or keep your partner up at night as they try to fall asleep. If you suspect that you are grinding your teeth at night, ask your partner to listen for those sounds throughout the night. It’s a major red flag if they can hear them.
Sleep bruxism when not treated can greatly affect your life and wallet. When teeth are worn down nerves can be exposed. Eating or drinking hot or cold liquids can greatly hurt sensitive teeth that have been filed down from teeth grinding. Repairing these nerves isn’t easy and it requires an expensive dental visit that will cost thousands of dollars. If you’ve been suffering from morning headaches, extra sensitivity to hot/cold foods or your partner is hearing clicking and popping noises from your mouth it’s time to invest in a night guard to help protect you from sleep bruxism.
Night guards are comfortable and are worn at night to protect your teeth from the grinding that you oftentimes can’t control. There are a variety of different night guards each with their purposes for grinding or clenching. SportingSmiles offers several that you can choose from each with its own specialties including back cut or flexible. Night guards are an affordable defense against teeth grinding without an expensive visit from the dentist.
When you order from SportingSmiles you will receive our patented impression kit with free shipping. After you take the impressions you’ll send them back and then our team will craft your night guard at half the cost of the dentist and without the need to leave your home. Night guards can provide instant relief to teeth grinding or clenching and restore peaceful sleep. Sleep bruxism is a serious condition that affects many adults and can be magnified through stress and anxiety. Stop the grinding before it turns into an expensive repair from the dentist with a SportingSmiles night guard.
