Is TMJ Disorder Costing You A Good Night’s Sleep?
08/23/2016 06:37 pm ET | Updated Aug 31, 2016 Dr. Mark Duncan DDS, FAGD, DICOI Clinical Director; Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies (LVI), DDS, FAGD, DICOI, LVI Fellow If you are one of the estimated 40 million+ Americans who suffer each year from chronic sleep disorders or one of the additional 20 million who experience occasional sleeping problems, you know first hand how the problem can affect your quality of life. A sleep disorder can interfere with your work, your ability to drive and your participation in social activities. Did you know that many patients who suffer …
Are You a Nighttime Tooth Grinder? Here’s How To Tell—And What to Do About It.
George Dvorsky Filed to: DAILY EXPLAINER10/02/15 2:00pm Teeth grinding is a problem that affects nearly one in ten individuals, yet many of us don’t even realize we’re doing it. And that’s a problem given just how harmful it can be to our health. Here’s how to find out if you grind your teeth when you sleep—and why it’s something you shouldn’t ignore. I grind my teeth when I sleep. At least that’s what my dentist tells me. At first I was skeptical, but after handing him over $1,000 in the past year to fix my cracking teeth and disintegrating fillings, …
Is Exercise Bad for Your Teeth?
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS SEPTEMBER 24, 2014 12:01 AM Vigorous exercise is good for almost all of the body — except perhaps the teeth, according to a surprising new study of athletes. The study, published in The Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, found that heavy training may contribute to dental problems in unexpected ways. There have been hints in the past that athletes could have a heightened risk for cavities and other oral issues. In a studypublished last year in The British Journal of Sports Medicine, dentists who examined 278 athletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London reported …
Nocturnal Teeth Grinding May Suggest a Sleep Disorder
Posted: 10/24/2013 8:21 am By Gerard Meskill, M.D. The occurrence of gnashing or grinding of teeth is not new. The Bible makes reference to this phenomenon both in the Old Testament, “His anger has torn me and hunted me down; he has gnashed at me with his teeth,” (Job 16:9) and in the New Testament, “But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Matthew 8:12). While this problem is many centuries old, it is only recently that we have come to understand why this may occur, particularly …
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