tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26662400.post115979946836884591..comments2023-10-26T08:03:51.274-05:00Comments on This, That, and the Mother Thing: Gritting My TeethAnitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14024931090380588237noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26662400.post-1160012405262921002006-10-04T20:40:00.000-05:002006-10-04T20:40:00.000-05:00there is a stage of sleep where people parafunctio...there is a stage of sleep where people parafunction: grind their teeth, chew, snap their teeth together, etc. during this stage of sleep the normal protective mechanisms are not functional. thus the amount of force exerted by the jaw muscles onto the teeth is far in excess of forces that would be consciously permitted. <BR/><BR/>people snore. but that's not something that happens during the stage of sleep where people snap their teeth together. <BR/><BR/>the price of one root canal, plus crown is several times that of a nighguard. the cost of a root canal and crown, which is not about money but about the chance of totally losing a tooth when it's so badly damaged that it requires root canal etc. is terribly high.<BR/><BR/>the aim is to prevent tooth loss and the consequent associated problems. <BR/><BR/>our life expectancies are quite a bit longer, on average, than those of our ancestors who accepted edentulism as a part of aging. <BR/><BR/>to each their own. if my dentist told me that the hot and cold sensitivity of one of my teeth would be the result of a fracture caused by parafunctioning, i'd be wearing my nightguard every night.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26662400.post-1159897122971343432006-10-03T12:38:00.000-05:002006-10-03T12:38:00.000-05:00Lisa--Ditto on the hanging jaw thing. It sort of ...Lisa--<BR/><BR/>Ditto on the hanging jaw thing. It sort of freaks me out. Also, I think my jaw is out of whach with the rest of my face, it feels even weirder. And STOP EATING YOUR OWN FACE! :-)<BR/><BR/>Yes, yes, carroll. I purr! I forgot!!!Anitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14024931090380588237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26662400.post-1159852179431246172006-10-03T00:09:00.000-05:002006-10-03T00:09:00.000-05:00I'm so jealous. I want to replace our bedroom slid...I'm so jealous. I want to replace our bedroom slider to the patio with french doors. I'm not married to a mr. fixit though...yay, for you.Piratewenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12650378104485139031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26662400.post-1159829212429501172006-10-02T17:46:00.000-05:002006-10-02T17:46:00.000-05:00The dentist told me the same thing last year. I d...The dentist told me the same thing last year. I didn't think I clenched my teeth too much until I started noticing. Man, I do it ALL the time. Anyway, I switched to biting the inside of my cheeks (gentle pressure, nothing violent.) It feels better than relaxing it. If I consciously relax my jaw when I'm about to clench, it feels like it's just hanging there, and I get all aware of it. So I settle them onto my cheeks and forget about it. I don't know if that's a good long-term plan, but it's what I do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26662400.post-1159808060383626692006-10-02T11:54:00.000-05:002006-10-02T11:54:00.000-05:00Snore? Why is that word still in your vocabulary?...Snore? Why is that word still in your vocabulary?? Have we not discussed this on some previous occasion, Anita? I'm quite sure that, like me, you do not snore. We purr!!!<BR/><BR/>Three cheers (again, and again, and again!!!) for handy Dave. I can guarantee you that in no time (if not already) young Conor will be toddling around after him helping hold hammers and such. It's a good guy gene to be passing down to the next generation :)Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15804155898982410361noreply@blogger.com