Protecting your teeth and jaws from wear and tear because of grinding or if you play sports is crucial for your oral health. At Z Dental Studio we help you to prevent any traumatic injury to your teeth or your jaws by providing you with a custom nightguard or sports guard. This can drastically reduce your nighttime grinding and avoid any injuries to your oral cavity while playing sports.

Our dentists advise night guards to patients who tend to grind their teeth at night during their sleep or if they have a habit of grinding their teeth during the day. Grinding your teeth excessively can lead to an increased risk of tooth decay, gum disease, and to a later stage may also result in tooth loss.

Additionally, bruxism or clenching can also lead to TMPDS (Temporo mandibular pain dysfunction syndrome),  a condition in which you can have chronic pain around the ear as well as you hear a "clicking" noise when you yawn or chew.

Teeth grinding can occur due to many reasons, chronic stress is one of the leading causes of teeth grinding. Other reasons include an improper bite or missing teeth which can further exacerbate teeth grinding.

In some cases, repairing decayed and replacing missing teeth (by dental implants/ dental bridges) have proven to fix teeth grinding. Most patients also require orthodontic treatment to resolve their bite while in other cases, managing chronic stress has also proven to be effective against teeth grinding.

However, we must also let you know that if teeth grinding has become a habit, it's difficult to control or stop. Therefore, having a night guard in place to prevent the damage caused by grinding and clenching during the night or day might be crucial for you.