Braces & Grinding teeth?!
Question: Have had braces for a week tomorrow. and i grind my teeth readlly bad at night. and wake up and feel my teeth lose and moving around. Am i messing anything up ? could i use a mouth gaurd with braces? shld i tell my dentist?
Answers: Have had braces for a week tomorrow. and i grind my teeth readlly bad at night. and wake up and feel my teeth lose and moving around. Am i messing anything up ? could i use a mouth gaurd with braces? shld i tell my dentist?
Thats so weird, I had the same problem, I thought it was just me. I felt like that for months to be honest. I think it's your mouths way of fighting what is in your mouth. After a few months my mouth got used to it. I still once in a while wake up feeling like I have been grinding my teeth, but thats not too often. If your experiencing really bad grinding you might want to see your ortho and they might give you a mouth peace or something. I would give it to the end of the month.
you should tell your dentist about that.
Your teeth will feel slightly slack as they are moving they will feel like this till you get the brace removed. It dosnt sound problem to me but if you are worried there is no harm in asking your dentist. xxx :)
I just got braces put on and during the proceedure he actually said "You'll notice when you move your lips over your teeth that they feel lose - don't worry, this is normal." But on your next tightening I would mention it anyways. Better to be safe than sorry!