Teeth Grinding — How Hypnosis Can Help with Bruxism
Teeth grinding, or bruxism, can be a real problem for those who suffer from it. Indeed, this troublesome condition can cause jaw pain and headaches and, if left untreated, it can seriously jeopardise the teeth themselves. In this article, a leading British hypno-psychotherapist explains how properly applied hypnosis can alleviate and remedy this stressful behaviour.
Clenching and teeth grinding - or Bruxism, to give it its medical name - is a condition that we see quite frequently here in our hypno-psychotherapy practice in the UK.
Many times the person suffering from bruxism is referred by a particularly insightful dentist who realises that this condition is linked to psychological causes. Other clients, of course, simply refer themselves and call when they have accepted that the problem just won’t disappear by itself.
Very often the person suffering from bruxism - known as a ‘bruxer’ - finds him or herself grinding teeth while sleeping and may have been given a plastic mouth guard to wear at night in order to prevent further damage to the teeth.
Though such measures may be necessary - and sometimes essential - to provide an immediate protection for the teeth, they are best used as a temporary stop-gap measure.
No-one really denies that having to sleep with a plastic mouth guard in place is a pretty uncomfortable way to get a good night’s sleep.
A mouth guard, though, operates solely at the level of the symptom. Yet it does not address the driver, the real reason that causes a person to grind his or her teeth in the first place.
And this is where effective , allowing you to sleep without having to suffer the discomfort of a night guard.
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