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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 Bedge on Tue, 2006-10-31 - 21:46
Andy,
Truth be told, I haven't been to a dentist for years. Ek! Shhhhh!! But when a sezuire is coming on I think I grind my teeth from side to side. After I had a complex partial the other night, my jaw kept clenching up to. Hmmm .. interesting.
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Peace, Love, Mung Beans
Re: Teeth grinding?
Submitted by wldhrt13 on Wed, 2006-11-01 - 10:14
andy- I have the teeth grinding as well. my dentist noticed it whilst i was still a teenager. It is called "bruxism". I am being tested for TLE, so as far as whether or not there is a correlation, I have to wait for a diagnosis. But between you and me? I personally think there is. Here is a link that may give you some more info on this. The article is titled aptly, "Rythmic Teeth Grinding Induced by Temporal Lobe Epilepsy":
http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/abstract/62/12/2306
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Submitted by ALS1198 on Sun, 2018-08-12 - 22:17
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