Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Bruxism/Teeth Grinding/ Worms Connection?

 

Question : I have bruxism problem during sleep. I grind teeth while asleep. I heard that this problem can occur due to a worms as well. So I am taking albendazole for worms first before visiting dentist. I wanna ask how to take albendazole. Do I need to chew it or do I need to take it with water and swallow it?




Bruxism reasons could be

1. You grind your teeth at night, which you may not be aware of

2. Lot of stress

3. Anger issues

4. Habits like nail biting, tongue thrust and other

5. Cervical

6. Nerve related 

7. Imbalaced bite

8. You are eating only from one side or eating on one side more than the other.

9. Genetically

10. Wisdom teeth

11. Teeth conditions

Do you have headaches when you wake up? If the answer is yes then the Chances are higher of bruxism/ Teeth Grinding

In general solutions could be

1. Getting a Night guard

2. Splints

3. Deprogrammer

4. Balancing the occlusion

5. Occlusion Appliances

and many more

also, you can take a muscle relaxant and one anti-inflammatory for the time being
follow up is a must in cases like this.

Worms have nothing to do with bruxism or vice versa. Instead, you must get a dental check-up and an Occlusal Night Gaurd.




3 comments:

  1. Dr Abi ..i have opted for night guard ...dealt with the same issue..
    Very nice and informative

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  2. Thank you keep looking out for other interesting dental blogs. Also, tell me what dental topic interests you?

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  3. definitely doc!

    I would like to one thing. I went for RCT and my dentist told me that i eat a lot of acidic food(which i do) just by looking at my teeth! How teeth can tell you dentists that?

    you can tell me more on this: Does acidic stomach(too much acidity) harm our teeths?

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