Dental Details
When the patient is in a state of nervous
anxiety and stress experienced by causing a state of tension of the somatic
musculature body becomes widespread. Accumulated muscle tension is released
through many means and one of them, which interests us is squeezing or rubbing
of the teeth.
Tooth grinding Occlusal splints
Symptomatic, the guard or occlusal splint treats the symptom and not the cause.
Treatment is traditionally and more commonly implemented by general dentists.
The use can be in the daytime or at night or all day and night in case of intense problems.
The treatment is associated with the risk
of dental injury and muscular disease and
severe cases, requires the placement of a dental resin or plastic, known
as a splint discharge, to prevent permanent injury and illness of the teeth. In
addition, the splint discharge from their first days of use, eliminates the
pain of the jaw, head or ears, and other disturbances that may have occurred
due to erosion of the muscles of the jaw and even without the use of splint can
come to have dizziness due to the high pressure on the jaw.
Treatment of stress, and in some cases, biofeedback can be useful if the
bruxism is a manifestation of great emotional stress. There is no known
effective drug treatment. As already mentioned the origin of bruxism can be
diverse, but the trigger like the finger-sucking habit is always a state of
anxiety and the only non-pharmacologic treatment for anxiety is relaxation.
It can be made of acrylic or a lighter
material such as silicone. Made with acrylic splints are inexpensive and
perform complex by the diversity of the steps and use of laboratory for cutting
and polishing, are uncomfortable for the patient and very hard to produce a counterweight
to excessive rubbing. Silicone splints are lightweight, docile and comfortable
for those who use it, during the friction is reduced the force of contact
between the splint and the teeth.
Although its cost is relatively higher, they are easier to make once you have
the proper equipment for their manufacture. Importantly, occlusal splints or
bruxism guards do not eliminate the problem, their role in treatment is to
avoid contact between the sharp tooth structure, deprogrammed the temporomandibular
joint for adjustment of occlusion and a subsequent programming proprioceptive,
reduce disease of the chewing muscles (miorelajante) and other Querencia.
Bruxisum Treatment