Causes of tooth grinding

People who have problems with tooth grinding seek help from dentists and they make these special dental implants. However, the implants help only during the night but they do not solve the problem of pain. The reason why dentists cannot help a patient is because this disorder is complicated and there are several factors that can cause tooth grinding to occur. In most cases the factors are emotional and physical.

A lot of people did not have these problems before some sort of an accident for instance. Another thing that can cause it is stress. These are obvious causes and that is not the case in most situations.

Symptoms

A lot of people have misplaced joints. People who have a higher degree of misplaced joints will suffer from more pain. Obvious symptoms of misplaced joints include clicking jaw joints, grating sounds, jaw locking either opened or closed, severe pain in cheek muscles, some movements of jaw or tongue that cannot be controlled, clenching or grinding at night and limited opening. Other symptoms are not being able to open the jaw easily or evenly and migraine type headaches. These are not all the symptoms, just the obvious ones.

A huge part of the problem are the weak and tense muscles of the jaw that are not able to support the jaw in a right way. Not being able to do so, these muscles will push the jaw out of its position. A person can compare this problem with a back problem. Tooth grinding develops the same way.

In most cases, tooth grinding started as a minor problem in the form of a light bump on the jaw or a short period of intense feelings. However, it is in these situations that the jaw muscles tense and push the jaw out of its position and then it becomes a huge problem.

Problems of a misplaced jaw

A person whose jaw is misplaced is bound to have no balance between the left and the right jaw joints and that puts a lot of strain on a person. Another problem is when the nerves get squeezed because the joints are out of place. This can cause a loss of balance in a person. Since all muscles are connected, a person whose jaw muscles are stiff may experience the tension in the neck and shoulders. Other muscles can get affected like eye muscles, tongue and even the forehead. With all the tensed muscles a person may experience the secondary symptoms of tooth grinding. Apart from the tension a person may suffer from swallowing difficulties, watering of the eyes, blurring vision, voice fluctuations and numbness, pain or tingling of the arm and finger.

In order to get rid of the pain a person needs to loosen up the jaw muscles and make them stronger. There are exercises that can be done in order for that to happen.