I grind my teeth badly and have for many years

Q. Hi Rob, I grind my teeth badly and have for many years (apparently)i would like to replace four gaps for lovely implants, but how do i stop grinding first. I have a fifth tooth which half at the front has snapped off,made the tooth loose and developed an absess. Treatment did not work and it will have to be extracted. I do not want to go ahead with implants or bridges until i can find a way to stop grinding.

A. You may have read may previous replies which always bang on about sorting out the origional problems before starting treatments like implants. You have treat grinding by a combined approach, retraining habitual factors, and removing the prompts that that trigger the action. It is also important to have maintenance plan for lifetime care & monitoring.
The StJohns practice offers free initial implant consultations at our city centre practice in Birmingham to chat over the ways that you can resolve the grinding now and then control it in future.
Rob

Dr Rob Tennet St Johns Dental Practice 18 Bennett’s Hill, Birmingham, B2 5QJ Web: www.e-dentalpractice.co.uk

Leave a Reply