Bruxomania:- compulsion for grinding teeth
Bruxism may cause
minimal symptoms, and therefore people may not be aware of the condition.
Several symptoms are commonly associated with bruxism, including hypersensitive
teeth, aching jaw muscles, and headaches. Bruxism may cause tooth wear, and
even damage or break teeth and dental restorations such as crowns and fillings.
Symptoms of Bruxism:
· Excessive
tooth wear, particularly attrition, which flattens the occlusal surface, but
also possibly other types of tooth wear such as abfraction, where notches form
around the neck of the teeth at the gumline.
· Tooth
fractures, and repeated failure of dental restorations.
· Hypersensitive
teeth, caused by wearing away of the thickness of insulating layers of dentin
and enamel around the dental pulp.
· Inflammation
of the periodontal ligament of teeth, which may make them sore to bite on, and
possibly also a degree of loosening of the teeth.
· A
grinding or tapping noise during sleep, sometimes detected by a partner or a
parent. This noise can be surprisingly loud and unpleasant, and can wake a
sleeping partner. Noises are rarely associated with awake bruxism.
· Other
parafunctional activity which may occur together with bruxism cheek biting and/or lip biting.
· A
burning sensation on the tongue possibly related to a coexistent "tongue
thrusting" parafunctional activity.
·
Indentations
of the teeth in the tongue
·
Hypertrophy
of the muscles of mastication particularly the masseter muscle.
· Tenderness,
pain or fatigue of the muscles of mastication, which may get worse during
chewing or other jaw movement.
·
Trismus
·
Pain
or tenderness of the temporomandibular joints,which may manifest as preauricular
pain, or pain referred to the ear.
·
Clicking
of the temporomandibular joints.
· Headaches,
particularly pain in the temples, caused by muscle pain associated with the
temporalis muscle.
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