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 ...

When you're hit with morning jaw pain, there is no waking up on the right side of the bed. Bruxism — the clenching and grinding of your teeth — could be to blame for your pain, considering it's the ...

Classic signs of jaw clenching include facial soreness and stiffness, headaches, neck tension, and clicking or limited movement of the jaw joint. Sleep disorders, illness, and certain medications are ...

At the end of a long day most people can’t wait to get home, peel off their jeans and unwind, but some of us have one part of our body that we just can’t relax: our jaw. For the last couple of years I ...

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 ...

It is an unconscious habit that probably only somebody you sleep beside will identify. Or maybe your dentist. But excessive teeth grinding and clenching can have unexpected, painful consequences.

If you're reading this article, the chances are we have something in common: waking up after a night's sleep with a jaw that feels like it's done eight rounds in the ring with Mike Tyson. I'm a serial ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Doctors say COVID-19 can damage the lungs, heart, blood vessels and almost any organ in the body, but now, unexpected damage is showing up in our teeth. Millions of people ...