Teeth grinding or teeth clenching is called as bruxism, bruxism is a subconscious habit of grinding the teeth, it is not a a conscious habit. It is subconscious level habit of grinding the teeth which causes the attrition, wearing a way of the tooth surface. The exact causes not really know but it seems to that psychological stress, anxiety and also sleep disorder called as a sleep apnea is stated to be a cause of bruxism. And to manage this condition we can give something called as the night guard which is a customised trays which has to be worn by the patient and this night guard will consciously make the patient remind each time he tries to grind his teeth and it also prevents the teeth from wearing.

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