by Pride Dental | Mar 11, 2021 | TMJ / Pain
Although you often hear TMJ pain linked with stress, that’s just one possible cause. Malocclusion – literally, a bad bite, when your teeth don’t come together properly – is another. In other cases, it may be the result of habitual clenching and grinding...
by Pride Dental | Dec 15, 2016 | General Health, Oral Health, Wellness
Most of us can, and do, tolerate stress in our daily lives – from raising kids and caring for elders to working a job we’d rather not spend our life energy on. We may feel we have little control over the challenges we face, and less and less time to make good...
by Pride Dental | Jun 18, 2015 | TMJ / Pain
Headaches are never any fun – especially when they’re chronic (ongoing, recurring). That’s the case for about a quarter of the 12 million Americans who seek medical help for their headaches each year. And according to a new study in the Journal of General...
by Pride Dental | Jan 16, 2014 | TMJ / Pain
Last month, we talked a bit about one of the common dental effects of stress: bruxing – a fancy word for habitually clenching or grinding your teeth. The unnatural pressure it puts on your teeth can lead to things like tooth fracture, gum recession, tooth sensitivity...