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dragonsanddemons
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05 Mar 2018, 6:07 pm

dragonsanddemons wrote:
To the best of my knowledge, I don't grind my teeth, but I do tend to clench them, to the point that I developed TMD because of it.


I forgot to mention, I wore a mouthguard for a few months before I accidentally broke it. It didn't seem to help at all, so I didn't bother replacing it.


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05 Mar 2018, 9:52 pm

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I wear a mouth guard at night. Cost me $35 at the drug store and custom fits to my teeth, lasts 6 months. Dentist wanted $660 haha. What a rip off, who would pay that?
Geez, that is expensive. Glad you've found an alternative.

I clench my back teeth together a fair bit. However, my dentist hasn't noticed any deterioration there.



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06 Mar 2018, 8:06 am

I've just got back from the dentist today and she told me I probably grind my teeth in my sleep because they look flatter than they should and I keep getting pain in my half finished root canal (no nerve so it shouldn't be hurting). Husband told me that he can hear me grinding my teeth in bed, that made me all squeamish!


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10 Mar 2018, 4:20 pm

I never grind my teeth. Occassionally, I gently clench my teeth in response to those periodic pesky things in life!



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10 Mar 2018, 5:37 pm

Yep only when I was told did I realise I was doing it though.