In these trying times, dentists are seeing more people with teeth-grinding and jaw-clenching ...

[mahatmakanejeeves]

In these trying times, dentists are seeing more people with teeth-grinding and jaw-clenching — a.k.a. bruxism

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[tblue37]

1. I find myself clenching my jaw and grinding my teeth a lot these days. It's an old habit

that I had actually overcome about 20 years ago, but reading about what's going on under this misadministration has me frustrated and angry much of the time.

[Dem2theMax]

2. Waving hand.

Getting two crowns and one root canal because I have done this.

Wish I could sue Trump for my dental bill.

[frazzled]

3. Have them fit you for a mouth guard while you're there

After Mr. frazzled fractured a tooth way back when from grinding, he wears his mouth guard every night. Hasn’t happened again.

Is a root canal really related to this, though? (I don’t know, I’m no dentist).

[Dem2theMax]

6. I have the mouth guard! Wearing it religiously.

Some mornings I wake up with my teeth clenched so tightly, I leave the mouth guard in for a few more hours until my jaw relaxes.

Not really sure if the root canal was related to the cracking of the tooth. But I'm going to blame it on Trump anyway!

[frazzled]

7. I blame him for everything

fallen souffles
potted plants that have failed to thrive
the nosy neighbor downstairs
a lost earring ...

Why not.

[Ferrets are Cool]

4. I've done it most of my life

difficult habit to break.

[Talitha]

5. Me too. As a child, the grinding sound would wake my sister up at night.

I tried a mouth guard in adulthood but would remove it in my sleep and fling it across the room... oh well, what'cha gonna do?

[LisaL]

8. I can't wear mouth guard either.

I find it very uncomfortable.

[shanti]

11. Same

And I've had two separate mouth guards made for me by my dentist. The first one was hard, the second one made out of a thinner polymer. Neither lasted in my mouth longer than 15 minutes. I also have an (unwarranted?) fear of swallowing it in my sleep. So I grind on....

[not_the_one]

9. What can I say? I am addicted to DU...

[frogmarch]

10. My jaw locked 4 months ago

and although at this moment I can open it wide enough for two fingers to fit, it will lock shut again because now I grind my teeth in my sleep, and that's what is causing it. I know what to do about it when it happens, but I'm sick of it. I'm sick of everything.