Teeth Grinding help

carolannie

brook2jack wrote: »

The thing that is causing your grinding is your severe anxiety. Though an appliance may help with damage and pain it wont stop the grinding. If medication doesnt help perhaps you should investigate talking therapies via your gp. If you are on benefits an appliance will cost nothing from the dentist. Never buy gumshields over the internet they are not for grinding and easily make things alot worse. You will be wasting money .

I asked my GP last July for counselling. I got an initial appointment last November and she recommended I get help.

I have heard nothing since then and have been going to Mind groups, for dealing with stress and depression.
I have recently been diagnosed with a type of bipolar.

I sometimes have violent or upsetting nightmare. My pills don't stop them.

The pills help a bit in the daytime, but the anxiety still comes out in my dreams.

I was turned down for ESA and am on the assessment rate at the moment. And have money for water and a socal fund taken out of my benefits, so I am skint I need to get better and get a job

Thank you everyone. I will see my GP anyway and find an NHS dentist.

carolannie

Will just add.... i have had this for years. And snoring. I don't have sleep apnoea though.
I wore away two gold back teeth through grinding and gnashing. It's horrible

absolutebounder

An interesting demonstration of NLP and provocative therapy on a guy with Bruxism (teeth Grinding)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTZI9tJZTeg&feature=fvsr

bblackcat09

I came accross a custom fit mouth guard on ebay (no, its not second hand!) who send you all the things to make your impressions, then they make the mouth guard up. They are ideal for anyone fearful of the dentist and are a fraction of the price the dentist will charge.

I can't post links, but put Roots Dental into ebay.

Hope that helps someone.

brook2jack

And as we said before without proper prescription and adjustment the wrong guard could make things much worse. Do not get a guard made off the Internet.

If you are on a low income pick up form hc1 and fill it out and you may get help with dental costs if you are not on a benefit that entitles you to free nhs treatment. You get get the form at doctors, dentists etc

bblackcat09

The mouthguard we got from Roots Dental from ebay fits my husband like a dream. We are on a budget and this was a happy medium and a solution to the problem.

I'll have to ask him to keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn't lead to any problems, but I can't see how it could?

Apollonia

bblackcat09 wrote: »

The mouthguard we got from Roots Dental from ebay fits my husband like a dream. We are on a budget and this was a happy medium and a solution to the problem.

I'll have to ask him to keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn't lead to any problems, but I can't see how it could?

If you mean this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gumshield-Mouthguard-Custom-Dental-Fit-/300576472222?pt=UK_Protective_Equipment&var=&hash=item8bb3db3c91


then that is a SPORTS mouthguard aka gumshield.

If you read this thread again, you will see that the OP needs an appliance to help with a teeth grinding problem.

brook2jack

Using a gumshield that is the wrong thing for the patient can cause the following problems

The jaw becomes "overstressed" and locks shut needing months of therapy

Pressure is put on certain teeth either breaking them or moving them into different positions

Some teeth are overstressed causing the nerve to die off

The gumshield is too loose moves about and falls out causing choking

The gumshield is not strong enough and breaks causing damage

The gumshield is too soft and reinforces grinding habit

The gumshield disguises a dental problem that started the grinding and treatment is not sought for it.

absolutebounder

Grinding is often caused by stress or anger. Sometimes though it can be caused by parkinsons or huntingdon disease

Toothsmith

absolutebounder wrote: »

Grinding is often caused by stress or anger. Sometimes though it can be caused by parkinsons or huntingdon disease

Before people who grind their teeth get all worried though, it's rarely a first symptom of these conditions - and Huntingdon's is a disease that runs in families down quite a direct line (so if your parents don't have it, you won't)

Something we're seeing more and more of these days is drug-induced tooth grinding.

Younger people with abnormal amounts of wear on the chewing surfaces of back teeth.

'e', crystal meth and cocaine are amongst the chief culprits.