Sleep bruxism is also one of the most common sleep disorders found in amny people all around the world. The word bruxism is derived from the greek word which means gnashing of the teeth, or to make you more simple sleep bruxism means grinding of teeth during sleep.

Sleep bruxism is basically the activity of chewing which humans undertake when they are awake. But when they awake this reflex activity is under the superior control of the brain, so we chew only when there’s necessity to do so.

Do you know when we are asleep there is no superior control of our brain and it becomes a reflex activity. Since during this time our mouth is empty and theres nothing for it to chew, the upper row of the teeth grinds against the lower one and a loud metallic sound is generated.

There are many research took place but no one is aware why sleep bruxism take place, but many doctors thinks that it disturbed the sleep due to either digestive disorders or anxiety. Some of the doctors came up with it is a side effects of drugs which belongs to the amphetamine group.

This is one of the most common sleep disorders which we had talk earlier which is affected nearly 45 millions of people all around the world. And sometimes the gnashing is so loud it makes your partner to wake up.

Bruxism not only includes only grinding of teeth but also clenching of jaws during sleep.

The pressure is exerted by the teeth on each other is extremely high when they grind. Which causes unnaturally high wear and tear of teeth and in some cases it is also found that the tooth has loose due to the weaking of tooth.

Up till now there are no medical method known to cure from bruxism. Doctors only provide accessories which reduces the impact of the gnashing.

The most common procedure is to wear an acrylic based dental guard, while some of the doctors also suggest to have combination of vitamin supplements which reduces the severity of bruxism. But still there is no eveidence available to prove this contention conclusively.