Your mouth guard works to lessen the effects of teeth grinding or teeth clenching while you sleep. Just as you would care for your teeth to keep them clean, you should follow a good routine to keep your night guard clean too. Because you wear your mouth guard through the night, the bacteria in your mouth transfers to your night guard. The good news is, caring for and cleaning your...
Read MoreTeeth grinding may be your response to stress and anxiety or could be an indication of a sleep disorder like sleep apnea. Changing your nighttime routine can make a difference to the quality of sleep you get. Common tips to help you stop teeth grinding at night and waking up with sleep jaw include the cutting back of certain beverages. Replace them with sleep-enhancing drinks right before bedtime for a...
Read MoreIn a perfect world, your teeth-related woes would end once you got your braces off. While your braces may help guide your bite into perfect alignment, getting the hardware removed can sometimes lead to other issues. One of the more prevalent issues in individuals who recently got their braces off is a temporomandibular joint disorder (often called TMD or TMJ). There’s no definitive evidence that braces cause TMD, but it’s...
Read MoreIf you’re dealing with pain caused by bruxism (teeth grinding) or a temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ or TMD), you might think that the best course of action is just to stick it out. Maybe you’ve been feeling extra stressed lately, and you chalk up the pain to a side effect. It’s no big deal; nothing a bit of ibuprofen can’t help, right? While the pain associated with bruxism and TMD...
Read MoreHow Do I Know If I Have Bad Breath? If you’ve already been living that mask-free life, you may have already noticed some subtle cues. People stepping away from you when you start talking, turning their cheek farther than needed when you kiss them goodbye. Although, that may just be the pandemic talking. You can ask the brutally honest one in your friend group or your significant other. Or you...
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