Teeth grinding remedies
An online, crowdsourced and curated overview of treatments that can help with teeth grinding (bruxism). Hope cureteethgrinding.com gives you your 😊 back!
List
We grouped the treatments in the following categories [1]:
- 💊Pills, meaning drug, food supplements,
- 🧠Psychology, eg. biofeedback tools,
- 🏃♀️Psysical therapy, eg. specific excercises,
- 🦷Plates, more specifically all kinds of mouth guards, mouth correction tools,
- Others, including medical procedures.
Pills
Description | Does it work? | References |
|——–|——————|—————-|
Reduce stress using drugs or supplements, eg. CBD oil|Yes, stress reduction helps|Tbd
Reduce ☕ coffee intake|Yes, reduction of stimulants can help|Tbd
Avoid certain (medical) drugs, like SSRIs|Yes|Tbd
Avoid a too acidic diet|Unclear|Tbd
Use of muscle relaxants|Unclear|Tbd
Avoid stimulants, like ecstasy and MDMA|Unclear|Tbd
Psychology
- Biodynamic devices, a tool that monitors bruxism behaviour, and informs/warns the user about it, eg. using vibrations or a smartphone app. These tools include Jawsaver (smart earbuds), Grindcare, Jawsense, bytesense and others.
- Faceformer, a functional, neurophysiological training program against bruxism.
- General stress reduction techniques, eg. meditation or mindfulness
- GrindAlert
Physical therapy
- Mouth excercices
- Jaw excercises
- HIIT excercises
Plates
- Mouth Guards
- Bite or Dental Correction
- Taping the mouth shut
Others
- 👅Tongue surgery
- 💉Botox injections
- 👃Nasal dilators
- 🌊Correct hydratation
Background
Contribute
This is a crowdsourced list. So if you have comments, additional tools, etc. share them with us.
Interesting reads
- [1] “Behandeling van bruxisme. De psychologische benadering”, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Tandheelkunde, https://hdl.handle.net/11245/1.168736 (in Dutch)
Organised by the Bruxism Working Group.
Questions: contact Fien.