Clenching your teeth when you become angry or when you experience a stressful moment is a common quirk. You stop when you relax, but sometimes you hold that position and it starts to hurt your jaw; then you stop. Can you imagine doing that for hours at a time? People with bruxism do. Bruxism (which is the technical term for grinding one’s teeth during sleep) can destroy your teeth, and can ...

Welcome back to our three-part blog series, Knowledge is Power! Gum Disease. Our goal with this series is simple: to help our patients in Long Meadow, MA (as well as the general public) understand the nature of gum disease, and to empower you to take preventive steps, including coming in for a cleaning, exam, or if necessary treatment for gum disease. This is the second of three posts; you can ...