bleedingheart
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Mon May-21-07 01:45 PM
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it is not paining me right now...but I have to go get a crown...
I know why...I clench my teeth and I crunch and munch on hard stuff on that side of my mouth...
Now I have to get an appliance to wear at night and I have to stop crunching...
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Mon May-21-07 02:18 PM
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| bleedingheart
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Mon May-21-07 02:22 PM
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but thanks for the hug...
when I am stressed...I will wake up with my jaw feeling like it was clamped down all night...
when I am not stressed...no problems..
I am just happy to find out what is wrong with my tooth...and that it can be fixed.
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| Shakespeare
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Mon May-21-07 02:24 PM
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| 3. I clench my jaw in my sleep, as well--totally stress-related. |
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I balked at the very expensive appliance they wanted me to get, however, and use the over-the-counter Night Guard you can find in a drugstore. It has helped IMMENSELY.
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Mon May-21-07 02:53 PM
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| 4. I may have to check out that Night Guard.. |
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I have dental insurance but if it is really too expensive the Night Guard may be a good idea...
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| Shakespeare
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Mon May-21-07 04:01 PM
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| 6. btw, mine's not TMJ--some folks (like me) just clench or grind in their sleep. |
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TMJ is a totally different thing (my mom has it), and involves more than just clenching your teeth in your sleep.
It's a horrible feeling when you wake up and feel the fatigue from having clenched so hard--it also gave me horrible headaches, and the Night Guard has pretty much put an end to that. Make sure you wear it after you get the crown--I damaged a tooth with a crown so badly (because of clenching my jaw in my sleep) that the tooth became irritated, then absessed. Worse pain I've ever had in my LIFE.
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| no name no slogan
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Mon May-21-07 02:55 PM
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that can be very painful and hard to deal with.
Definitely look into a mouthguard of some sort. And get that molar fixed ASAP. I walked around with a cracked molar for almost a year and really wish I would've fixed it sooner.
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Mon May-21-07 04:03 PM
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| 7. I've been clenching my teeth a lot |
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for the past 6 years or so. The problem is, I don't see an end to it anytime soon. :banghead:
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