tooth wear and broken teeth
Tooth wear and broken teeth
Bruxism is destructive, normal chewing and eating does not cause tooth wear or damage to your teeth. Your teeth should last you all your life and not wear down. If you grind your teeth you will be putting your teeth and gums under massiv amopunts of pressure. During sleep there is no feedback mechanism to tell your brain that your teeth are hurting because of too muh pressure, hence we can put upto 40 times the amount of pressure on our teeth whilst we sleep, it is no surprise to see the amount of damage as in the picture above.
The most commow signs of bruxism is shortened front teeth (incisal wear), in more severe cases we see signs (see above poicture) such as cracks in enamel, abfractions (enamel loss at gum level), gum recession, bony exostosis, broken cusps of molar teeth and damage to restorations (crowns & bridges).
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