When Dr. Priya Mistry asks people if they clench their jaws, they usually say no—yet she can see clear signs suggesting otherwise. So now, she words the question differently: Are they aware of their ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Many of us are under a lot of stress these days, and dentists see evidence of it in more and more patients. Clenching and grinding teeth, called Bruxism, is on the rise, and as ...

Tension headaches are common and may occur when a person clenches their jaw. People may clench their jaw more often if they have bruxism, which is when a person unconsciously clenches or grinds their ...

A dentist explains how teeth grinding and jaw clenching changes your face shape, plus what you can do to prevent it. Ever woken up with a sore, stiff jaw? Same. I, too, am a perpetual jaw clencher, ...

It’s a bit of an understatement to say we’re living through stressful times. And you’re not alone if you’ve noticed that stress is manifesting in your body, whether it’s a cricked neck, a sore back or ...

Getting Botox in your masseter stops your jaw muscle from moving as much, which prevents you from anxiously clenching your ...

Back in September, Dr. Tammy Chen, a Manhattan dentist, wrote an article for the New York Times detailing how, since her practice reopened in June, she has seen an increase in the number of patients ...

Risk factors for bruxism include anxiety, stress and alcohol use. With the pandemic causing uncertainty, isolation and disruptions in routine, research has continued to show increases in far-reaching ...