How to Tell If You’re Clenching Your Jaw at Night 

When people get stressed out, they may start gnashing their teeth together when they’re asleep. In fact, during the last financial recession, many dentists around the US found that people were coming to them with new symptoms that signified they were clenching their teeth at night.

Of course, how would you know that you’re clenching your teeth if, by the time you wake up, your upper and lower jaw have unclenched? Here, we’ll look at signs that you’re doing it and what you can do to fix it.

How to Tell If You’re Clenching Your Jaw at Night

The most common symptoms of bruxism, or night grinding in Jacksonville, FL, are jaw pain, stiffness, and tooth sensitivity. The good news is that your teeth are pretty resilient, meaning you won’t wake up to crumbled bits of tooth in the morning.

The flipside for dentists in Jacksonville, FL is that it can take some time for grinding to make itself evident, especially if your pain and stiffness wear off soon after you wake up. By the time people have had their coffee, they’re likely to have forgotten about it altogether!

Why See a Dentist in Jacksonville

Night grinding can lead to flat or broken teeth if you don’t take care of it. Unless you have a partner who wakes up every night thanks to your repeated, endless grinding, you need to be extra vigilant about your symptoms.

If you’ve noticed you’ve had unexplained headaches or you feel tired even when you’ve had a full night’s rest, contact Mandarin Dentistry in Jacksonville, FL so we can spot the subtle signs you’re missing. Even if ongoing night grinding doesn’t result in lost teeth, it can result in anything from a misaligned bite to destroyed enamel.