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Teeth grinding disease and its harmful effects
Stress is the main reason leading to the phenomenon of teeth grinding. In addition, patients may also have other causes such as barriers com caught in bite, dysfunction of central nervous system, malnutrition, alcohol and smoking, genetic factors.
Approximately 50-20% of the population has signs and symptoms of teeth grinding, but only 5-10% were aware of this.
Doctor Nguyen Thi Kim Anh, HCMC University of Medicine, said, teeth grinding is the grinding or clenching of teeth an excessive, often occur when sleeping (not consciously). By use of force in this movement many times larger forces incurred when chewing teeth grinding disabilities should not only make sound unpleasant to the worn around the cause but also teeth. Tooth enamel will lose out, exposed layer of gold over ivory, were keen ê, cracking the zone that, shake or fall. This situation, if prolonged can damage the dental restoration such as fractures, drop pieces of welding, fractures of removable dentures or fixed. The teeth were worn to reduce the size of the surface layer, making the patient look older.
Due to the function being spasm during grinding, the patient may have fatigue, pain in muscles, headache, neck. The motivation may have fertility rates too great, making faces losing balance or square format (do great fertility of biting on both sides), joint disorders, jaw-positive status. The first sign is usually seen discomfort or pain in the joints, mouth difficult, which swept the cries LUP or mouth while chewing. However, the impact of disease on the teeth grinding and jaw joint status-positive patients are often not easily detected.
One method of dealing with patients with teeth that are chewing gutters. This tool works prevent the harm that, as reduced muscle and joint pain positive status - function. Can also apply sharpening techniques to adjust, remove the bite caught com. In addition, patients need to change lifestyles, yoga ... to reduce stress, and eliminate the habit of smoking, drinking alcohol.
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