Grinding and Clenching are 2 dental problems that result in jaw pain, teeth wearing down, teeth cracking and breaking and chipping. They are connected to TMJ disorders, as well as migraine and tension headaches, and can be treated with the NTI-tss, which stops grinding and clenching of the teeth.
Sleep Apnea, Snoring, and Dentistry
There is a rapidly growing area of dentistry concerned with treating sleep apnea and snoring. There's an important reason for this, too....people who snore and/or experience sleep apnea on a regular basis are at SIGNIFICANTLY higher risk of certain health issues. I am going to relate a very personal story that I hope will help drive the point home, as well as give you a link to a website that will provide you with FAR more detail than I can provide in this blog. THE STORY: My dad turned 63 in March '08. Up until that time, he had always been a very healthy individual with no particular health problems. He regularly traveled the world for his job and had been doing so for many years; he and my mom enjoyed an active life, involved with their church and the arts. The only problem that had plagued him for a couple years was a nagging cough that simply would not resolve, no matter what he took. Not just a nagging little cough, but a deep, powerful, and often painful cough that would sap his energy, leaving him drained. (To interject a bit of dental history: I'd been telling my dad for a number of years that he clearly has a history of grinding his teeth, and coupled with the fact that he had always been an EXTREMELY LOUD SNORER (to the point my mom often kicked him out of bed or slept in another room herself), I'd also recommended he get a sleep study done. With his travel and work schedule, though, it had just never quite worked out.) Well, in early 2008 he'd finally had enough of the cough and went to see a [...]
