Blog: Nightguard

Stress is all around us lately.  In the news, on social media, in the very upending of our daily routines.  We may think that we have things under control, our emotions, our new way of life, our stress… but nighttime can sometimes tell a different story.  When under immense amounts of stress, bouts of insomnia and tooth clenching and grinding ...

In the last few decades, much attention in dentistry has been devoted to both the airway/sleep apnea and parafunctional habits such a clenching and grinding of the teeth.  These two topics are, in fact, inter related.  Many people can grind or clench their teeth at night due to stress, but there are also many people who may develop these habits ...