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The Damaging Effects of Bruxism and Treatment with Facial Injectables

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How Can Bruxism Affect Your Teeth and Jaws?
What to Do If You Think You Have Bruxism
Facial Injectables for Bruxism

Do you wake up in the morning with a sore or aching jaw, or perhaps a persistent headache? Have you noticed your teeth look a bit chipped or feel rough in certain areas? It is possible you may have bruxism, a damaging condition caused by clenching and grinding your teeth.

Bruxism can be the cause of constant or recurring headaches, facial pain and in severe cases lead to fillings becoming loose and teeth to fracture.

One of the main problems of bruxism is that it is generally subconscious and occurs at night. As a result, it can often go unnoticed unless the signs are picked up by your dentist or when you begin to experience unpleasant symptoms due to the damage caused by bruxism.

How Can Bruxism Affect Your Teeth and Jaws?

Unfortunately in a number of different ways as the stresses can wear down or chip teeth, or in the worse cases may break or fracture them. The forces created by bruxism also affect your gums and may cause gum recession. Bruxism can even result in tooth loss. These stresses also affect your jaw joints, called your temporomandibular joints, and may cause pain and inflammation that can spread to your facial muscles or even to your neck and shoulders.

What to Do If You Think You Have Bruxism

Please don’t hesitate to book an appointment with Apple Dental. An early diagnosis helps prevent further damage to your teeth and jaws and treatment is more straightforward. We can provide a custom-made nightguard to prevent your teeth from contacting, protecting your teeth from this harmful condition.

Facial Injectables for Bruxism

At Apple Dental one of the most popular solutions to treat Bruxism is with facial injectables. Through a series of minor muscle-relaxant injections just beneath your skin’s surface in the underlying muscle, the Apple Dental team are able to ease discomfort, facial spasms, teeth grinding and tension around the jaw joints.

This effective and non-surgical procedure is completely safe, requires no anaesthetic and can be completed in as little as 10 to 15 minutes, allowing you to continue on with your daily routine. Relaxing the tense muscles around the jaw joint can help relieve constant discomfort and chronic headaches.

The experienced team at Apple Dental team are highly trained in the anatomy of the head and neck and are happy to answer your questions about injectables to alleviate your concerns.