Sore teeth early in the morning.
Question:
Can anyone relate to this. Usually when I wake my teeth are killing me, it feels like I have been clenching down on them really hard, and I guess that’s what I have actually been doing. Does anyone know about this, and why I might be doing it.
Response:
"Scotty" <sl…@mygaff30.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:c80ddi$1ab$1@sparta.btinternet.com… > Can anyone relate to this. Usually when I wake my teeth are killing me, it > feels like I have been clenching down on them really hard, and I guess > that’s what I have actually been doing. > Does anyone know about this, and why I might be doing it.
Hey! I have that too! I’ve been on CPAP for about a month now and started having teeth/Jaw pain. I presumed that it was due to sleeping with my mouth closed for the first time in years. I know its common for normal sleepers to grind and clench their teeth during sleep, perhaps that’s happening to us. It seems to be going away now but when I go to the dentist for a routine exam I’m going to mention it to determine if any tooth wear is occurring. If there is, there is mouth guards that can be worn.
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Killroy97 wrote: > "Scotty" <sl…@mygaff30.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message > news:c80ddi$1ab$1@sparta.btinternet.com… >> Can anyone relate to this. Usually when I wake my teeth are killing me, > it >> feels like I have been clenching down on them really hard, and I guess >> that’s what I have actually been doing. >> Does anyone know about this, and why I might be doing it. > Hey! I have that too! I’ve been on CPAP for about a month now and started > having teeth/Jaw pain. I presumed that it was due to sleeping with my > mouth > closed for the first time in years. I know its common for normal sleepers > to grind and clench their teeth during sleep, perhaps that’s happening to > us. It seems to be going away now but when I go to the dentist for a > routine exam I’m going to mention it to determine if any tooth wear is > occurring. If there is, there is mouth guards that can be worn.
I am not on CPAP, infact I hadn’t even heard of it until I came here. I tell you something though, sometimes when I wake up I am actually concerned by the pain in my teeth that I may have acutally gone to far and that my teeth might fall out. I have been thinking about getting a mouth gaurd but knowing my luck it will fall down the back of my throat and choke me to death.
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I have a mouth guard, I highly doubt you could swallow one. A properly made one from the dentist fits very snugly over the teeth. The only time I ever had any problem was when I once dreamt I was eating chocolate and woke up *really* trying to chew that thing 
"Scotty" <sl…@mygaff30.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:c8147d$atq$5@hercules.btinternet.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Killroy97 wrote: > > "Scotty" <sl…@mygaff30.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message > > news:c80ddi$1ab$1@sparta.btinternet.com… > >> Can anyone relate to this. Usually when I wake my teeth are killing me, > > it > >> feels like I have been clenching down on them really hard, and I guess > >> that’s what I have actually been doing. > >> Does anyone know about this, and why I might be doing it. > > Hey! I have that too! I’ve been on CPAP for about a month now and started > > having teeth/Jaw pain. I presumed that it was due to sleeping with my > > mouth > > closed for the first time in years. I know its common for normal sleepers > > to grind and clench their teeth during sleep, perhaps that’s happening to > > us. It seems to be going away now but when I go to the dentist for a > > routine exam I’m going to mention it to determine if any tooth wear is > > occurring. If there is, there is mouth guards that can be worn. > I am not on CPAP, infact I hadn’t even heard of it until I came here. I > tell you something though, sometimes when I wake up I am actually concerned > by the pain in my teeth that I may have acutally gone to far and that my > teeth might fall out. I have been thinking about getting a mouth gaurd but > knowing my luck it will fall down the back of my throat and choke me to > death.
Response:
Are you on *PAP? Has the problem started since starting *PAP but not before? If so, I may have some hints. If not, check with your doc (not a bad idea anyway!) regards, eric pearson nonono.ericp1.non…@nonono.fuse.net On Thu, 13 May 2004 18:05:38 +0000 (UTC), "Scotty" – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -<sl…@mygaff30.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: >Can anyone relate to this. Usually when I wake my teeth are killing me, it >feels like I have been clenching down on them really hard, and I guess >that’s what I have actually been doing. >Does anyone know about this, and why I might be doing it.
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Killroy, Check the Googlearchives on this. It has come up before.I think one of the posters may have been TBliss (although it has been a while so I may misremember). regards, eric pearson nonono.ericp1.non…@nonono.fuse.net On Thu, 13 May 2004 20:23:36 GMT, "Killroy97" <killro…@yahoo.com> wrote: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->"Scotty" <sl…@mygaff30.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message >news:c80ddi$1ab$1@sparta.btinternet.com… >> Can anyone relate to this. Usually when I wake my teeth are killing me, >it >> feels like I have been clenching down on them really hard, and I guess >> that’s what I have actually been doing. >> Does anyone know about this, and why I might be doing it. >Hey! I have that too! I’ve been on CPAP for about a month now and started >having teeth/Jaw pain. I presumed that it was due to sleeping with my mouth >closed for the first time in years. I know its common for normal sleepers >to grind and clench their teeth during sleep, perhaps that’s happening to >us. It seems to be going away now but when I go to the dentist for a routine >exam I’m going to mention it to determine if any tooth wear is occurring. If >there is, there is mouth guards that can be worn.
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Definitely talk to your dentist. I’m a bruxism sufferer (teeth grinding/clenching) and have been doing it since I was a kid. I had to get a mouth guard not only to keep the noise down (which can cause the same disruptions of your sleep that apneas can) but also to prevent myself from grinding my enamel off my teeth and grinding the teeth down. My dad was a grinder and his teeth got pretty short after years of abuse. I still grind and wake up with a sore jaw and the teeth all feel loose but the guard helps and finding ways to reduce stress can help too. It also helps if you try not to clench your teeth during the day… a lot of people don’t even notice that they do it but if you can keep your teeth apart and mouth shut during the day it might help you do it at night. happy dreams…. "Scotty" <das…@mygaff30.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:c86fh1$1964$1@news.f.de.plusline.net… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> My teeth are even hurting right now from it, dagnabit. > "Scotty" <sl…@mygaff30.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message > news:c844kf$a3m$1@sparta.btinternet.com… > > Thanks kyte, I think I will look into something like that. Otherwise I > > swear one of these days I am going to wake up with my teeth down the back > of > > my throat. > > "kyte" <dontbed…@mailisfake.com> wrote in message > > news:ce0a51e03b1e8e1f88b56574f41abafd@news.teranews.com… > > > I missed your original post, Scotty. News-server dumped it I suppose. > > > Anyway, I used to have that thing, and it was because I was clenching. > I > > > still do it sometimes. It was an anxiety/tension thing. I had some > > fairly > > > serious worries at the time which I guess I was trying to ignore and > hope > > > would go away, and it came out in the teeth clenching. > > > Went to the dentist because I needed some work done and she said that a > > > particular kind of mouthguard would help. It was expensive because it > was > > > made from a mould of my top teeth, but geez it was great. The substance > > it > > > was made from was so strong I could not bite through it, but at the same > > > time it was flexible and thick enough so that when I clenched in my > sleep, > > > my jaws immediately opened again and hey presto, no sore teeth and jaws.
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My teeth are even hurting right now from it, dagnabit. "Scotty" <sl…@mygaff30.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:c844kf$a3m$1@sparta.btinternet.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Thanks kyte, I think I will look into something like that. Otherwise I > swear one of these days I am going to wake up with my teeth down the back of > my throat. > "kyte" <dontbed…@mailisfake.com> wrote in message > news:ce0a51e03b1e8e1f88b56574f41abafd@news.teranews.com… > > I missed your original post, Scotty. News-server dumped it I suppose. > > Anyway, I used to have that thing, and it was because I was clenching. I > > still do it sometimes. It was an anxiety/tension thing. I had some > fairly > > serious worries at the time which I guess I was trying to ignore and hope > > would go away, and it came out in the teeth clenching. > > Went to the dentist because I needed some work done and she said that a > > particular kind of mouthguard would help. It was expensive because it was > > made from a mould of my top teeth, but geez it was great. The substance > it > > was made from was so strong I could not bite through it, but at the same > > time it was flexible and thick enough so that when I clenched in my sleep, > > my jaws immediately opened again and hey presto, no sore teeth and jaws.
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Thanks kyte, I think I will look into something like that. Otherwise I swear one of these days I am going to wake up with my teeth down the back of my throat. "kyte" <dontbed…@mailisfake.com> wrote in message
news:ce0a51e03b1e8e1f88b56574f41abafd@news.teranews.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I missed your original post, Scotty. News-server dumped it I suppose. > Anyway, I used to have that thing, and it was because I was clenching. I > still do it sometimes. It was an anxiety/tension thing. I had some fairly > serious worries at the time which I guess I was trying to ignore and hope > would go away, and it came out in the teeth clenching. > Went to the dentist because I needed some work done and she said that a > particular kind of mouthguard would help. It was expensive because it was > made from a mould of my top teeth, but geez it was great. The substance it > was made from was so strong I could not bite through it, but at the same > time it was flexible and thick enough so that when I clenched in my sleep, > my jaws immediately opened again and hey presto, no sore teeth and jaws.
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I haven’t been the doctor about any of my sleeping issues yet, but having read through this news group I have booked an appointment for monday as I am reading a lot of simularites in what I experience on a day to day basis. So basically no I am not on PAP, this has just been something that happens ordinarily. Scotty "eric pearson" <nonono.ericp1.non…@nonono.fuse.net> wrote in message
news:5j88a0ptuhj4dqhjnup6fgir3toh01gipr@4ax.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Are you on *PAP? > Has the problem started since starting *PAP but not before? > If so, I may have some hints. > If not, check with your doc (not a bad idea anyway!) > regards, > eric pearson > nonono.ericp1.non…@nonono.fuse.net > On Thu, 13 May 2004 18:05:38 +0000 (UTC), "Scotty" > <sl…@mygaff30.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > >Can anyone relate to this. Usually when I wake my teeth are killing me, it > >feels like I have been clenching down on them really hard, and I guess > >that’s what I have actually been doing. > >Does anyone know about this, and why I might be doing it.
Response:
I missed your original post, Scotty. News-server dumped it I suppose. Anyway, I used to have that thing, and it was because I was clenching. I still do it sometimes. It was an anxiety/tension thing. I had some fairly serious worries at the time which I guess I was trying to ignore and hope would go away, and it came out in the teeth clenching. Went to the dentist because I needed some work done and she said that a particular kind of mouthguard would help. It was expensive because it was made from a mould of my top teeth, but geez it was great. The substance it was made from was so strong I could not bite through it, but at the same time it was flexible and thick enough so that when I clenched in my sleep, my jaws immediately opened again and hey presto, no sore teeth and jaws.
