Teeth Grinding

We at Siana Dental believe that protection of the teeth from this destructive disease is imperative. If we diagnose you as an active grinder, urgent provision of a hard acrylic balanced mouthguard is needed. This guard protects all of your teeth from further damage and must be worn every night.

Many patients are cured from grinding after a few months of using our guard.

A secondary treatment, which is gaining popularity, is an injection into the jaw muscle (which applies the grinding force) with a common anti-wrinkle paralysing agent. This reduces the grinding force, however, repeat injections are necessary.

Left untreated, teeth grinding destroys many healthy teeth through cracking, fractures and wear. Patients eventually suffer extreme sensitivity and jaw ache.

The damage to the teeth from teeth grinding cannot be reversed, and crowns are often required to replace the lost teeth structure. This is often a complicated treatment, requiring months of appointments and multiple crowns and possibly multiple root canal treatments as well.

This is one instance where prevention is far better than cure. A professionally made, customised guard must be worn to save you from considerable pain and treatment.

Children can also grind their teeth and need very close monitoring if this is observed.