Iam suffering from bruxism (teeth grinding) from past 5 years. How can I get rid of it?

Treatment


In many cases, no treatment is necessary. Many kids outgrow bruxism without special treatment, and many adults don't brux badly enough to require therapy. However, if the problem is severe, treatment options include:





Stress management. If you grind your teeth because of stress, you may be able to prevent the problem with professional counseling or strategies that promote relaxation, such as exercise and meditation. If your child grinds his or her teeth because of tension or fear, it may help to talk about your child's fears just before bed or to help your child relax with a warm bath or a favorite book.


Dental approaches. If you or your child has bruxism, your doctor may suggest a mouth guard or protective dental appliance (splint) to prevent damage to your teeth. Your dentist can make a custom mouth guard to fit your mouth. Over-the-counter mouth guards are available and they're less expensive than custom guards, but they generally don't fit well and can dislodge during bruxing. If your bruxism seems to stem from dental problems, your dentist may also correct misaligned teeth. In severe cases — when tooth wear has led to sensitivity or the inability to chew properly — your dentist may need to use overlays or crowns to entirely reshape the chewing surfaces of your teeth.


Behavior therapy. Once you discover that you have bruxism, you may be able to change the behavior by practicing proper mouth and jaw position. Concentrate on resting your tongue upward with your teeth apart and your lips closed. This should keep your teeth from grinding and your jaw from clenching. If you're having a hard time changing your habits, you may benefit from biofeedback, a form of complementary and alternative medicine that uses a variety of monitoring procedures and equipment to teach you to control involuntary body responses.


During a biofeedback session, a therapist applies electrical sensors to different parts of your body. These sensors monitor your body's physiological responses to stress — such as teeth grinding — and then feed the information back to you via auditory and visual cues. These cues may take the form of a beeping sound or a flashing light. With this feedback, you'll start to associate teeth grinding or clenching with stress and learn to change your behavior. You may also be given a portable biofeedback device that you use at home. Your therapist will explain how it works.





Medications. In general, medications aren't very effective for treatment of bruxism. In some cases, your doctor may suggest taking a muscle relaxant before bedtime. If you develop bruxism as a side effect of an antidepressant medication, your doctor may change your medication or prescribe another medication to counteract your bruxism. Botulinum toxin (Botox) injections may help some people with severe bruxism that hasn't responded to other treatments





source--mayo clinic

Iam suffering from bruxism (teeth grinding) from past 5 years. How can I get rid of it?
see the denist and wear a mouth guard
Reply:I've had that problem for a long time. I don't think you'll ever stop doing it, but a dentist can fit you for a mouth guard. They're not cheap, but mine has helped a lot.
Reply:my husband has the same problem. you should start wearing mouth guard to protect your teeth. also try not to stress out too much.
Reply:See your dentist.


I knew a friend of the family that used to grind his teeth so often.


He ended up getting fitted, clear protectors put on his teeth so that when he did grind, it wouldn't hurt his teeth.
Reply:You have to go to an orthodontist and they will make you a retainerlike thing. I think it is called a night gaurd.
Reply:see apsycologist or psyciatrist
Reply:Reduce the stress in your life. Also, make sure you are sleeping in a very quiet, relaxing environment. Finally, you will probably have to give in and be fitted for a mouth guard to protect your teeth.
Reply:I have that too- you can get a night guard at the drugstore, but for a more custom fit your dentist can make one for you. If you are sensitive to gagging, etc., the dentist can make a custom guard that fits over your front teeth only (at least that's what my dentist offered)
Reply:Go to your local grocery store or health food store and you can buy your own mouth guard.


Get massages and try to stop yourself during the day.


Meditation helps before bed as well.
Reply:hello. i have the same thing and i used a mouth guard that my dentist made for me for a while at night, before it broke and that seemed to help a lot, although they are quite pricey. you can also try listening to relaxation tapes before going to sleep, as bruxism is caused by stress and anxiety so that may help. or if you had the money and believed in it you could get some hypnothearpy, apparently that works for some people.
Reply:Yep, I grind my teeth in my sleep. It stems from childhood when I suffered chronic bronchitis for years because my mom and grandparents always smoked around me. My mom would freak out because I would cough all night for weeks on end and she would be going out of her mind from lack of sleep. I started clenching my mouth shut to keep from coughing and thus, I grind now.





My dentist made me a cute little plastic mouthguard. It's a flexible sort of resin. When you first use it, you boil water in a kettle, pour it into heatsafe container (like a mug) and drop your guard in for five minutes. Take it out and let it cool just enough that you can tolerate it in your mouth and pop it in. The resin will form perfectly to your bite and then you just wear it every night. You will NOT choke on it but you prolly will spit it out in your sleep for several weeks until you train your sleeping mind to tolerate it. I don't even notice mine anymore. GL!





PS: My insurance covered it no prob.



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