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What Happens If You Grind Your Teeth? Dealing With Teeth Grinding
Teeth grinding, or bruxism as it is known medically, is a relatively common phenomenon that people can do during the day or at night when they are asleep. There are a number of contributors to teeth grinding bruxism but it is frequently associated with other sleep...
Causes of Sleep Apnoea Syndrome – Why It Should Need to be Adressed?
One of the more common sleep disorders, obstructive sleep apnoea is a serious condition that results in the closure of your airways while you are asleep. When your airways collapse, your brain tries to wake you up to get oxygen. For some people, this can happen...
What Causes TMJ? Everything About Temporomandibular Joint Disorder
Your temporomandibular joint (TMJ) connects your jaw to your skull. You have a temporomandibular joint on each side of your jaw. It is this jaw that allows you to eat, speak and move your lower jaw around. Temporomandibular joint disorders (TMJD) can occur, causing...
How to Get Rid of Snoring? Improve the Quality of Sleep
For many people, the first knowledge they have about the fact that they snore is because of the disruption to their bed partner’s sleep. The good news is that you can stop snoring if you know what the cause is. There are a number of tactics that can be used to prevent...
Teeth Grinding Causes – How To Address This Condition?
Bruxism is the involuntary grinding of teeth and research tells us that at least half of the population does it occasionally. 5% of the population, however, are regular teeth grinders and while many people only do it while they are asleep, some people also do it while...
Common Symptoms of Sleep Apnoea & Their Available Treatments
Obstructive Sleep apnoea (OSA) is a relatively common sleep disorder, affecting as many as one in four men in Australia. Because it occurs when you are asleep the symptoms of sleep apnoea may take a while for you to notice - or perhaps your bed partner has been...
TMJ Pain Symptoms – How It Might Be Affecting You?
The causes of TMJ pain symptoms are often difficult to establish but the pain that goes with temporomandibular disorders may be persistent enough to warrant an investigation. Some people may only experience it on one side, while it may affect both sides in others and...
7 Lifestyle Tips on Ways to Stop Snoring to Get Better Quality Sleep
Snoring happens when something is interfering with your breathing during sleep, and it may surprise you to know that even though it is relatively common it can be a sign of a more serious problem. This is particularly true if your snoring is accompanied by daytime...
What Causes a Person to Grind Their Teeth? – Ways How to Beat Bruxism
Also known as bruxism, grinding of the teeth is considered to be a sleep related disorder. Lots of people grind their teeth or clench their jaw, from time to time - when under stress or feeling anxious. And, in the majority of cases it doesn’t cause damage or harm to...
The Benefits Of Oral Appliance Therapy For Snoring And Sleep Apnoea
Snoring and sleep apnoea often go hand in hand, and both bring with them some unwelcome side effects. Fortunately oral appliance therapy devices like a mandibular advancement splint, has proven effective for the management of sleep apnoea and snoring, and...