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Hi ,

I hear ya! I hate the grinding.... I don't know what exactly is

causing my grinding/clenching.... stress and/or not yet corrected

bite (it's getting there slowly). I'm waiting to see if correcting my

bite will help, my surgeon thinks it will. And then I'm hoping that

in turn, that will help with my sporadic miserable migraines. The

future will tell.... It's hard to not be stressed about grinding and

then grind more! And then they say stress shortens your life, thus

causing MORE stress thus causing more grinding and clenching, thus

causing more stress!!! AAAhhhh!

Here's wishing the best to us both! Keep me posted! Anyway, just

wanted to say " yea, me too, I know what you mean. "

Katja :)

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> Hi to all other bruxers

>

> I just want to shout my frustration that wearing away our own teeth

at

> night is horrendous! It's totally out of our control and yet it's

our

> own brains making us gradually destroy our teeth.

>

> No one knows for sure, but I think I clench because my bite is so

> awful. I have to wear a splint every night to protect what's left

of

> my teeth and I would so love not to have to do so for the rest of

my

> life (which is hopefully another 50 years or so!). But from what I

> understand, the problem can persist after surgery.

>

> Best,

>

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I'm 8 weeks post-op (leforte 1) and I've been clenching almost every

night. When I'm not wearing the bands it's not nearly as bad so

occasionally I do not wear them to sleep. It's frustrating because the

only way to prevent it is by wearing a mouthguard or splint. My

improved bite has not slowed or stopped the clenching. I think

improving your bite will help the migraines but as for myself, it has

not helped the clenching. But the fact that your teeth are aligned

will alleviate the pain and damage to your teeth as a whole.

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> > Hi to all other bruxers

> >

> > I just want to shout my frustration that wearing away our own teeth

> at

> > night is horrendous! It's totally out of our control and yet it's

> our

> > own brains making us gradually destroy our teeth.

> >

> > No one knows for sure, but I think I clench because my bite is so

> > awful. I have to wear a splint every night to protect what's left

> of

> > my teeth and I would so love not to have to do so for the rest of

> my

> > life (which is hopefully another 50 years or so!). But from what I

> > understand, the problem can persist after surgery.

> >

> > Best,

> >

> >

>

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Those of you having problems with clenching/grinding may want to

discuss this with your surgeon or general physician. I know that many

have been helped by taking amitryptyline, which is an antidepressant,

but which also functions as a muscle relaxant.

I take a very small dose of this (10 mg at night) in order to help

with a sleep disorder. I've heard of people taking doses of perhaps 25

mg at night in order to help with clenching.

Just an idea that may be useful.

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Hi ,

I am preop and a grinder too. I have a very deep bite already, made

worse by my over 50 years of grinding also. I have nubs for lower

front teeth, and you can barely see my teeth above or below the

braces as they have worn down so badly. I will be having full mouth

rehap post surgery, mainly to add crowns too all my teeth just so

they will be long enough to reach and with the new jaw length. Like

you, I have been concerned about grinding post op, though I also

think that a different jaw position will hopefully minimize, if not

alleviate altogether, the grinding. At least that is what I am

hoping for. I had a retainer for nighttime before braces, that did

help some, and perhaps I will have a night time one post op as

well. But this is a great question I am going to ask my OD on my

next visit. I will let you know what I find out!

Hugs,

Fran

>

> Hi to all other bruxers

>

> I just want to shout my frustration that wearing away our own

teeth at

> night is horrendous! It's totally out of our control and yet it's

our

> own brains making us gradually destroy our teeth.

>

> No one knows for sure, but I think I clench because my bite is so

> awful. I have to wear a splint every night to protect what's left

of

> my teeth and I would so love not to have to do so for the rest of

my

> life (which is hopefully another 50 years or so!). But from what I

> understand, the problem can persist after surgery.

>

> Best,

>

>

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Thanks .

I really try to avoid meds where possible, but if I get really

desperate that's a good option to have up my sleeve.

Best wishes,

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> Those of you having problems with clenching/grinding may want to

> discuss this with your surgeon or general physician. I know that

many

> have been helped by taking amitryptyline, which is an

antidepressant,

> but which also functions as a muscle relaxant.

>

> I take a very small dose of this (10 mg at night) in order to help

> with a sleep disorder. I've heard of people taking doses of

perhaps 25

> mg at night in order to help with clenching.

>

> Just an idea that may be useful.

>

>

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Hi ,

I am also the type of person who avoids meds (I've been through many

docs to try to solve the chronic low back pains without result, but

I just won't take meds for it, it's not that bad), but this really

helped me, and I made sure with the doc that it wasn't something

that was going to build up in some remote organ of the body and come

back to bite me.

I think something in the short term while the jaws heal is not a bad

thing.

I'm more a consumer of alternative therapies these days.

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> > Those of you having problems with clenching/grinding may want to

> > discuss this with your surgeon or general physician. I know that

> many

> > have been helped by taking amitryptyline, which is an

> antidepressant,

> > but which also functions as a muscle relaxant.

> >

> > I take a very small dose of this (10 mg at night) in order to

help

> > with a sleep disorder. I've heard of people taking doses of

> perhaps 25

> > mg at night in order to help with clenching.

> >

> > Just an idea that may be useful.

> >

> >

>

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