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Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Day 34: Bruxism

According to the wiki; Bruxism is the excessive grinding of the teeth and/or excessive clenching of the jaw.

Unfortunately, my sleep in disturbed several times a night because of buxism. I do not usually experience this pre-op/post-op until about a week ago?

It did not really bother me until a few days ago the frequency of it happening is higher. Does anyone of you experience this?

Initially I thought it was associated with the dreams that I had but apparently on days when I did not dream, I still have grind/clench my jaws rly tightly. 

I'll just wake up and go back to sleep with my mouth open. The damage? I'll end up with a really dry and uncomfortable throat. Bleh. And probably with a chipped tooth sooner or later. 

1 comment:

  1. Hello, this happened to me after surgery too! My jaw would randomly spasm and close and I wake up realising that I'm grinding my teeth.

    I would think that it's a muscle issue as it's not used to this new position..

    The problem is now gone for me, so hope it will be the same for you too!

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