When Dr. Priya Mistry asks people if they clench their jaws, they usually say no—yet she can see clear signs suggesting otherwise. So now, she words the question differently: Are they aware of their ...

I have been a frequent visitor to my dentist’s office since it reopened after lockdowns during the initial stages of the pandemic. First came a cracked tooth, then a cracked filling. Both were painful ...

Teeth grinding, clenching and having constant contact between the upper and lower teeth — all these put stress on the temporomandibular joints, often referred to as TMJ. These are the two joints that ...

Are you a teeth-grinder? Get your chops into the facts around bruxism ...

It’s a bit of an understatement to say we’re living through stressful times. And you’re not alone if you’ve noticed that stress is manifesting in your body, whether it’s a cricked neck, a sore back or ...

At the end of a long day most people can’t wait to get home, peel off their jeans and unwind, but some of us have one part of our body that we just can’t relax: our jaw. For the last couple of years I ...

When you're hit with morning jaw pain, there is no waking up on the right side of the bed. Bruxism — the clenching and grinding of your teeth — could be to blame for your pain, considering it's the ...

For many people, jaw tension might seem like a minor physical discomfort, but its impact goes far deeper than most realise. Chronic jaw clenching or tightness can silently interfere with sleep quality ...

I’ve been clenching my jaw since early March. The inclination to forcefully fuse my teeth together into a vice grip in times of elevated stress or anxiety is not exactly a new behavior for me (just ...

WARSAW, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hawkeye Group, a health and wellness company, is proud to announce the launch of ClenchAlert designed to tackle awake teeth clenching and grinding — a condition that ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Many of us are under a lot of stress these days, and dentists see evidence of it in more and more patients. Clenching and grinding teeth, called Bruxism, is on the rise, and as ...