Re: teeth grinding

[Guest guest]

My is 6 1/2 and grinds his teeth for years now. Now his

second set is coming in and I'm worried about them.

I'll try the magnesium

Thank you,

mom of 2 w/cf

[Guest guest]

Hi Jae,

I'd mention this to your ortho and surgeon. I used to grind my teeth

at night too. I no longer do, one of the benefits of having this

surgery, I guess.

Your ortho can make you a night guard to help prevent damage to your

teeth now. Your surgeon could prescribe amitryptyline (an anti-

depressant) which I have read is commonly used to relax muscles and

minimize the teeeth grinding. I take this drug for another reason

(sleep problems) in a very low dose, so it never helped with the

grinding, but I can say that it's a drug that has worked very well for

my other problem (I've been taking it for about 13 years now).

Hope that helps,

> Hi, my name is Jae and I am a 20 year old planning too have upper

jaw

> surgery in early June to correct an underbite. I am concerned about

> this surgery because I grind my teeth at night when I sleep. I'm

> worried that I will screw something up after surgery because of my

> teeth grinding. Can anyone else relate to this or offer any sort of

> advice?

>

>

> Jae

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I grind my teeth a lot at night. I was hoping that it will get better

with surgery, but not yet. Don't worry about damaging something - if

it is painful to grind your teeth postop, you won't do it. Postop was

actually the best time for me in terms of teeth griding, because I

used to wake up with relaxed jaw muscles - so nice! Now, it's back to

what it used to be.

> Hi, my name is Jae and I am a 20 year old planning too have upper jaw

> surgery in early June to correct an underbite. I am concerned about

> this surgery because I grind my teeth at night when I sleep. I'm

> worried that I will screw something up after surgery because of my

> teeth grinding. Can anyone else relate to this or offer any sort of

> advice?

>

>

> Jae