Is pandemic stress causing you to grind your teeth? You’re not alone. Unclench your jaw and check out this thread 🦷 ietv.co/3w8gEC1
1/6 Ashley Munzing has been grinding her teeth every night to the point of excruciating pain.
“Every day kind of feels like somebody punched me in the side of the face and I have a big bruise,” Munzing told Inside Edition. ietv.co/3w8gEC1
“Every day kind of feels like somebody punched me in the side of the face and I have a big bruise,” Munzing told Inside Edition. ietv.co/3w8gEC1
2/6 Her husband says it’s so bad, it wakes him out of his sleep.
“I wake up every morning with headaches. I have soreness and tightness in my jaw, in my muscles, down here in my neck,” Munzing said. ietv.co/3w8gEC1
“I wake up every morning with headaches. I have soreness and tightness in my jaw, in my muscles, down here in my neck,” Munzing said. ietv.co/3w8gEC1
3/6 Dr. Mariya Malin's Connecticut dental practice is one of many across the country reporting an alarming uptick in teeth-grinding.
"I've never seen so many broken teeth, clenching, grinding,” Malin said. ietv.co/3w8gEC1
"I've never seen so many broken teeth, clenching, grinding,” Malin said. ietv.co/3w8gEC1
4/6 When you grind your teeth, they can chip and crack. To help with nighttime grinding, Malin fitted Munzing with a retainer, but was shocked to find holes in the plastic.
“I'm literally grinding through the plastic,” Munzing said. ietv.co/3w8gEC1
“I'm literally grinding through the plastic,” Munzing said. ietv.co/3w8gEC1
5/6 For daytime grinding, Malin says keeping the tip of your tongue between your teeth will keep you from clenching your jaw. ietv.co/3w8gEC1
6/6 For Inside Edition’s full story If You've Been Grinding Your Teeth at Night During the Pandemic, You're Not Alone: ietv.co/3w8gEC1
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