Usually you find out that you grind your teeth when you sleep because someone tells you or your dentist figures it out. Things you do in your sleep though, can seem almost impossible to control. However, there are techniques to control this problem, we will look at some below. And don't forget that this is a more serious problem than people think, since it can impact your dental health.
If you are a teeth grinder when you sleep, but refuse to use a mouth guard, there's another probable therapeutic method, which is biofeedback. Biofeedback is any sort of course or apparatus that makes you aware of what your body is doing, generally something your body does unthinkingly, for example your brain waves, heartbeat or in this matter, teeth grinding. There are biofeedback gadgets that are fitted in your mouth and wake you up through an alarm if you attempt to grind your teeth.
Even though it is not a perfect tactic, it does work for some people. Nothing like a mouth guard, in fact it doesn't halt you from grinding your teeth, although it makes you aware of it so you can maybe get yourself not to do it anymore.
Hypnosis, is another option for some people to get over their teeth grinding. When you sleep you operate in your subconscious, so it makes sense that hypnosis would help with this problem since it reprograms your subconscious. There are audio programs that are designed just for this issue, or you can go to see a hypnotherapist. Repeating affirmations in a meditative state shortly before bed is also an option for some people. By simply relaxing you, this technique can help you prevent grinding your teeth in your sleep.
Sometimes simple massage or bodywork could help to alleviate the teeth grinding, jaw clenching or TMJ. These massage techniques, like CranioSacral therapy, focus on teaching you how to relax your body, through the way you move and breathe, to help you stop grinding your teeth. Ask for a recommendation at your local alternative health center, or even research it online. These techniques could be the long term solution to your teeth grinding that you are looking for.
In general, teeth grinding when you sleep is a difficult problem because it is done unconsciously. And the proof isn't there until you have been doing it for quite some time and it has become an embedded dependency. Notwithstanding, there are tactics for helping you to get over it if you are relentless, like the ones we have covered in this article. Just keep in mind that teeth grinding might not seem like a big dilemma, although it can bring about some unhappiness when you have to go see your dentist.
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