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Sleep bruxism is also known as nocturnal tooth grinding. Sleep Bruxism is a sterotyped movement disorder characterized by grinding or clenching of the teeth during sleep. This will cause the damage of the teeth. For many people, bruxism is an unconscious habit. The disorder has also been identified as nocturnal bruxism, nocturnal tooth-grinding and nocturnal tooth-clenching. The 8% of adults grind their teeth at night. Grinding can be noisy enough at night to bother sleeping partners. Like clenching, grinding can lead to jaw pain and other problems.

Eventually, bruxism can destroy the surrounding bone and gum tissue. In children sleep bruxism may be related to growth and development. It is a condition that affects both kids and adults. Sleep bruxism is a problem that affects 8% to 21% one of the U.S. population. The age for children is around 5 or 6. This usually occurs in the early part of sleep time. Sleep bruxism is believed to be related to changes that occur during sleep cycles in some individuals, and this is an active area of current research. The symptoms can cause temporomandibular joint problems (TMJ). Chewing is a complex neuromuscular activity that is controlled by reflex nerve pathways, with higher control by the brain.

Causes of Sleep Bruxism
The causes of sleep bruxism are physical and psychological also.

Dental problems
Suppressed anger
High levels of alcohol consumption
Stress
Masticatory muscle discomfort
Complications of Huntington's disease
Symptoms of Sleep Bruxism
Worn tooth enamel, exposing the inside of your tooth
Earache
Jaw muscle discomfort
Headache
Sore gums
Disturbed sleep
Eating disorders
Chronic facial pain
Increased tooth sensitivity
Treatment for Sleep Bruxism
Most cases of bruxism are mild and may never require treatment. Occasional bruxism may not be harmful but when it occurs regularly, it may be associated with moderate to severe dental damage, facial pain, and disturbed sleep. Unfortunately, people with sleep bruxism usually aren't aware of the habit, so they aren't diagnosed with the condition until complications occur.


Custom-made by your dentist to fit your teeth, the appliance slips over the upper teeth and protects them from grinding against the lower teeth. While an appliance is a good way to manage bruxism, it is not a cure.
Massage the muscles of the neck, shoulders, and face. Search carefully for small, painful nodules called trigger points that can refer pain throughout the head and face.
Learn physical therapy stretching exercises to help the restore a normal balance to the action of the muscles and joint on each side of the head.
Behavior therapy. Once you discover that you have bruxism, you may be able to change the behavior by practicing proper mouth and jaw position. Concentrate on resting your tongue upward with your teeth apart and your lips closed. This should keep your teeth from grinding and your jaw from clenching.
For severe and persistent bruxism, a dentist may prescribe an oral appliance made of soft plastic to protect the teeth.
Prevention for Sleep Bruxism
Get plenty of sleep.
Try to relax in the hours before bedtime to reduce stress levels.
Jaw aligning exercises may be necessary for the prevention of the sleep bruxism.
Dental exams are the best way to screen against sleep bruxism.
Avoid eating hard foods like nuts, candies, steak.
Using caffeine, tobacco, cocaine or amphetamines seems to increase the risk of bruxism.
Stress reduction and anxiety management may reduce bruxism in persons prone to the condition.

If you find yourself waking up with sore jaw muscles or a headache, you may be suffering from bruxism — the grinding and clenching of teeth. Bruxism can cause teeth to become painful or loose, and sometimes parts of the teeth are literally ground away. Eventually, bruxism can destroy the surrounding bone and gum tissue. It can also lead to problems involving the jaw joint, such as temporomandibular joint syndrome.

Bruxism is when you clench or grind your teeth.
Clenching means you tightly hold your top and bottom teeth together, especially the back teeth. Clenching puts pressure on the muscles, tissues, and other structures around your jaw. This can lead to jaw pain and soreness, headaches, earaches, damaged teeth, and other problems. The symptoms can cause temporomandibular joint problems

Bruxism involves any type of forceful contact between the teeth, whether silent and clenching, or loud and grating. Estimates vary regarding the number of people who suffer from this condition and range from 50-95% of the adult population. Approximately 15% of all children also acquire this condition. Many people are not aware that they have this condition because they grind their teeth at night while asleep, although bruxism can occur during daytime hours as well.
Causes of bruxism are unknown, one study links it with such factors as anxiety, stress, alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, caffeine, sleep apnea, snoring and excessive daytime sleepiness. Importantly, psychiatric or psychological factors do not play a role in most cases. Use of certain medications, including amphetamines, are also associated with episodes of bruxism. Sleep apnea may also be related to sleep bruxism, and evidence suggests that treating sleep apnea can help alleviate sleep bruxism.

Symptoms & Diagnosis

Characteristics of sleep bruxism include clenching or grinding of canines or incisors laterally or grinding of the molars. The friction is also occasionally accompanied with a loud grinding sound. Tooth damage and loss, as well as occlusal disease, can occur over time if the condition is severe. In addition daytime headaches, jaw pain, and atypical facial pain can also be an effect.

Dental problems Suppressed anger High levels of alcohol consumption Stress Masticatory muscle discomfort Complications of Huntington's disease Symptoms of Sleep Bruxism Worn tooth enamel, exposing the inside of your tooth Earache Jaw muscle discomfort Headache Sore gums Disturbed sleep Eating disorders Chronic facial pain Increased tooth sensitivity Treatment for Sleep Bruxism Most cases of bruxism are mild and may never require treatment. Occasional bruxism may not be harmful but when it occurs regularly, it may be associated with moderate to severe dental damage, facial pain, and disturbed sleep.

Finding ways to relax — Because everyday stress seems to be a major cause of bruxism, anything that reduces stress can help-listening to music, reading a book, taking a walk or a bath. It may help to seek counseling to learn effective ways for handling stressful situations. Also, applying a warm, wet washcloth to the side of your face can help relax muscles sore from clenching.

Massage the muscles of the neck, shoulders, and face. Search carefully for small, painful nodules called trigger points that can refer pain throughout the head and face. Learn physical therapy stretching exercises to help the restore a normal balance to the action of the muscles and joint on each side of the head. Apply ice or wet heat to sore jaw muscles. Either can have a beneficial effect.

Healthy Fitness

Health, Fitness and The Workplace: A Brave New World

A growing number of companies are today working hand in hand (and tracking) their employees in am effort to create a more healthy and productive workforce. Is this a trend to be concerned about? Has big brother gone too far? Or is this a step in the right direction to counter the growing worldwide obesity epidemic?

Recently, the employees at a firm in the United Kingdom have become guinea pigs in a living workplace experiment. Participation in this effort was compulsory. Employees who did not wish to participate were kindly shown the door. Management has begun using mobile apps to track the lives of all staff.

The reason for this effort is two-fold. Firstly, the company wishes to move in pasture their staff into achieving their fitness goals in an effort to become more healthy, more productive, and reduce staff down time. Secondly, the firm has a stated culture and way of doing business that they wish their staff to adhere to and live by in an effort to achieve greater corporate success and profits. The company feels that their is untapped potential that they wish to squeeze out.

Employees were kindly asked to head on over their app store of choice and download specific apps that had been pre-selected by the company. Now here is where we enter into a Big Brother type of scenario. The company now tracks such factors as what their employees eat, how many calories they consume, how much time do they spend sitting or standing at their desks, how happy or unhappy they are, how many steps they take per day, how much they run or walk, and even how many hours they sleep per night. Employees who opted out of the experiment openly asked 'What is next? Will they eventually track our private sex lives?'

But other employees have embraced the experiment and are gung ho about using apps and technology to improve their wellness and the wellness of the company. Because the corporate bottom line is the bottom line. In other words, it's the company's revenue that pays everyone's salary, puts food on the table, pays their mortgage or rent, pays for their car, pays for the leisurely excursions, puts their children through school, etc.

In addition to getting on board with all the apps to track many aspects of their lives, employees also have begun a fitness regimen. But every person and every employee is unique. Therefore, all participants are given an overall physical assessment of their current level of fitness and then provided with a custom tailored fitness program that also includes nutrition guidelines. But happiness with one's life and work is also key to the success of the program. Therefore, employees are told not to stress too much over what they eat or how much they are eating. Eating something savory and sweet can make some much more happy than eating a salad with no dressing.

Yet because the fitness and exercise programs are custom and tailor made for each person individually, it is possible for an employee to achieve the benefits and results of a typical 30-minute workout in approximately half the time.

During the day, employees are prompted through the smart phone app sending push notifications reminding them to participate in a twice daily survey. During this survey, they are asked several questions such as how awake they are, how relaxed to they fell, and of course - rate their happiness. This feedback is necessary to gauge results for each participant and to gauge results for the overall program.



Fitness Blowout Reviews these and other types of programs and has concluded that they are indeed cutting edge, not overly intrusive, and have shown great promise towards improving overall health, fitness and wellness. It's wellness that can reduce on sickness, sick days and downtime, leading to a more productive workforce, and improved bottom line, and greater personal happiness and fulfillment. In short, Fitness Blowout says 'Nice job!'

Physical fitness is imperative to living healthy, living long, and living happy. Physical fitness in and of itself is not the only key to a happy life but it's a key factor. Other factors include personal development and maintaining a healthy life/work balance. In reality, inner peace and outward positivity are in, and negativity and stress are out.