Sensitive Teeth｜Be aware of these signs of teeth grinding, teething, or physical stress due to stress

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Written by: 01 Medical Clinic

2021-04-07 08:00

Last update date: 2021-04-07 08:00

For a long time, many people believe that tooth sensitivity is caused by tooth decay, periodontal disease, or tooth damage caused by incorrect brushing methods, but in fact, another cause less mentioned is caused by teeth grinding and clenching.

The life of Hong Kong people is fast-paced and tight at all times. Coupled with the repeated COVID-19 pandemic in the past year, many people's "teeth gnashing" are worse than ever.

In addition to clenching teeth unconsciously during daytime work, teeth grinding may also occur due to stress during sleep at night.

Written by: Liao Weiming, former president of the Hong Kong Dental Association

Some patients grind their teeth causing slight cracks in the teeth, and then accidentally bite hard food, causing the teeth to break.

(Provided by Dr. Liu Weiming, former president of the Hong Kong Dental Association)

Teeth grinding and clenching problems can cause pain in the temples

In fact, teeth grinding and teeth clenching are two different situations.

Teeth grinding is the friction on both sides of the teeth, which causes the loss and overwork of the teeth.

Usually grinding teeth will make a sound, and the partner sleeping on the side should know it.

And clenching is a clenching of teeth, and the range of tooth movement is very small.

In this case, it is difficult for even a doctor to detect because the tooth surface will not have the mirror surface formed by the molars, but the X-ray film can see that the patient’s root membrane is slightly wider, that is, there is a "vacant position".

If the patient has clenched teeth during daytime work, usually after noon, the temples (temporal) will have pain, as if they have a tight band on their head, they will also feel that the teeth are very scratched, and they don’t want to speak and speak. Eating.

How to judge the severity of molars

Symptoms caused by mild teeth grinding or clenching are intermittent.

Sometimes it will be obvious that the teeth will be "red" when drinking hot and cold water, and there will be weakness in chewing.

Sometimes, if you feel relaxed and do not grind your teeth at night, the symptoms will decrease significantly or even disappear completely.

Therefore, the dentist will make a judgment on the time of the onset of tooth sensitivity, the frequency, or the presence or absence of head, neck and back muscle pain.

For example, many patients with teeth grinding and clenching may also experience headaches, neck pain, back pain, etc. These pains affect the quality of sleep.

If the patient has symptoms of neck and back pain, gastrointestinal problems, or skin deterioration in addition to tooth sensitivity, this is a kind of obvious overwork, that is, psychosomatic syndrome (Psychosomatic Syndrome), and real rest is needed to make the mood. Relax.

Click on the picture below to understand the reasons why adults still retain milk teeth:

Teeth, pastels, and related chewing muscles are connected.

When they are overworked, the weakest link (The Weakest Link) will have problems first.

If the problem is the teeth first, there will be tooth sensitivity or "vacant position", or even cracked teeth; if it is a tooth pastry, the tooth will open and close unnaturally or make noise; if it is the occlusal muscles , There will be pain, muscle strain, and even facial swelling.

If you don't face it up early, you will have temporomandibular joint pain.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, foreign countries have even reported that there has been a sharp increase in the number of patients who have undergone biting and broken teeth!

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