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Teeth grinding?
Tue, 10/31/2006 - 19:44During my check-up at the dentist yesterday, she commented again that while my teeth were OK that I was obviously grinding them whilst sleeping and did I know that there was a connection between TLE and teeth grinding. She had read about the connection just recently and that made me think that I had read a post about it on this site, or had I just imagined it? Anyway has anyone had the same problem, I remember when my seizures were at their most frequent my jaw would often be aching when I woke up. My dentist did suggest that whilst I could have a guard to prevent this happening they are often self-defeating and can lead to the grinding becoming even more intense because your teeth are working even harder against a foreign object in your mouth.
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Re: Teeth grinding?
Submitted by aquila316 on Wed, 2006-11-01 - 11:37
Hey Honey!!!
I too grind my teeth in my sleep bad enough that I woke up the former boyfriend almost every night. As you know he and I hadn't been doing so well, and he was hearing me grind my teeth from the sofa in the other room, so I guess mine is pretty bad. The last time i went to a dentist (it's been A WHILE) they said that my back teeth were very crooked, and I have ground down quite a bit of the enamel. I also want to point out that since those 4 sz's in Sept. I am now talking with a slight lisp, so I must've done something to them even worse (just keeps getting better, huh?).
Miss ya...talk to you soon,
Susan
Re: Teeth grinding?
Submitted by IRule on Wed, 2006-11-01 - 17:39
Hi Andy, I hate to admit to it, but I too do that.
What is interesting is my daughter who hasn't been diagnosed (yet) has had bruxism really bad since she was just a toddler.
She had no enamal on her permanent molars when they came in, so she got the metal crowns, which she can't grind down.
Re: Re: Teeth grinding?
Submitted by andy m on Thu, 2006-11-02 - 04:52
The link you gave was actually the one my dentist was talking about, she had actually looked into the problem herself before our appointment and after reading it I read several other articles along the same lines by Googling Epilepsy/bruxism. The link between the two is there but since my E has become 'controlled' the bruxism has lessened but is still there but nowhere near as bad as it used to be, at least I no longer wake up with an aching jaw like I used to do when my seizures were at there worst.