Tag: occlussal splints

  • Do you grind or clench your teeth when you sleep ?

    Do you grind or clench your teeth when you sleep ?

    Hint : Its a trick question ! Overview EVERYONE BRUXES!! Bruxism is to stress what snoring is to fatigue Dr Michael C C Ho The parallels of bruxism to snoring are very tight. Just as everyone snores, every bruxes. What you really think that you don’t snore ? … think again. We all snore. Some Read.

  • Occlussal Splint

    Occlussal Splint

    aka Night Guard To some degree almost everyone will have evidence of dental attrition and abfraction on some teeth. The degree is dependent on age and inherited personal traits. The attrition or occlusal wear is due to anterotrusive and/or laterotrusive excursion that flattens the occlusal contacts while the abfraction is the clenching forces which fractures Read.