The Grind
Back in October I went to the dentist, and at the end of the exam after the dentist looked at my teeth he said: "It looks like you've been grinding your teeth." I said: "It does?". And he said: "Yes." He didn't seem very concerned about it, and didn't tell me that there was any action I should take, so I didn't think much of it. While I was at my grandmother's house I was in the bathroom one morning looking at my tongue, when I noticed that I have a bevel worn across my front 4 bottom teeth. Holy shit! That probably means that the back of my front 4 top teeth probably are worn like that too. I was suitably freaked out enough to go buy a mouthguard to wear at night that same very same day. It isn't the most fun thing in the world to wear, but I guess it beats having teeth worn down to nubs. I have stress? Who knew?
posted by JC at 2:44 PM
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I thought you weren't supposed to wear that mouth guard???
The clicking jaw went away after Thursday. I'm going to keep using it for now unless the clicking returns.
The clicking jaw isn't from the grinding (hehe) but usually from TMJ and it seems a lot of people have it. I want to call you Nubbins now. Pointed teeth can open cans if you were ever stranded somewhere with a can.
Kiki - Yeah I know. I used to have TMJ but when I got braces that was supposed to correct it (it did). When I bought this mouthguard it said you weren't supposed to use it if you had TMJ. Didn't think that applied to me since I didn't have TMJ anymore. I got concerned that maybe the mouthguard had given me TMJ again. I may still look for another one because my jaw doesn't feel all that great this morning.
I saw a movie where they call it 'TMJ's Disease', which cracks me up.
Holy moly Acumamakiki is killing me. I too now want to call you Mr. Nubbins. Seriously though, I hope both the TMJ and tooth grinding stops. You may not have actual TMJ just a TMJ like syndrome from clenching your jaw because you obviously have STRESS.
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