#1Why Stress Is Cracking Your Teeth at Night
1:52How everyday work stress turns into nighttime grinding — and how it shows up as cracked fillings, worn enamel, and fractured crowns on otherwise sound dental work.
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And this is completely anecdotal that more people seem to be using grinding guards or night guards, whatever you want to call them. Do you think that's the case because more dentists are recommending them or is the problem with people grinding of their teeth and the stress that we find ourselves under are more people using them because it's just we want to keep our mouths in better shape and we're grinding our teeth more. Yes, so a lot of population is nowadays using night guards or mouth guards as you say. And the reason is because of the increasing stress. And it was never as bad as it is now because with all the daily activities, whether it be on its student, whether it be a working professional, a banker or anybody. Nowadays, the industries have become so stressful that at the end of the day, our body tends to release this stress and that is in the form of grinding our teeth at night. So this, if you're doing it here and there, it's not really that bothersome. But if it is something like a continuous habit and you're not addressing it, then it starts affecting your teeth, your fillings, your crowns. I have even seen cases where people have even worn down their teeth to the gum level or fractured their crowns, which are perfectly fine. And this is all because those stressful situations have created that stress on the teeth and the teeth are not able to dare do so.