Re: Mouse / Grinding

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Sandy

It was a main reason why I did the surgery. My teeth in the back

were so worn down (they said I had the molars of a 70 year!) and then

I started clenching and grinding during the day which brought on the

worst headaches and sinus problems.

Your surgeon was probably right about why you were grinding. See I

had a horrible Ortho the 1st time I had braces (when I was a

pre-teen) who had the great idea that I should move my lower jaw out

myself which really messed me up, and the grinding was my way of

trying to subconciously reposition my jaws in the right position like

yourself. It took me a long time post surgery to stop the feeling of

having to move my lower

jaw out myself.

Glad to hear you are no longer grinding either. I was so bad I had

all those stupid night gards and would wake up with them thrown

across the room. I used to wake up all my roomates and would find

stuff animals that they would throw at me during the night in bed with

me in the morning! So bizzare!

> Mouse,

> I read that you're not grinding since surgery. Was that part of

the

> reason that you had it? I was also a grinder pre-surgery, but no

> sign of that since-over 6 months later. The grinding was not the

> reason for my surgery (upper/lower for an open bite), but one of my

> oral surgeons (not the one who did the surgery) said that he

thought

> it might have been me subconsciously trying to get my jaws in the

> proper position. I didn't like him very much, he kept putting off

my

> surgery, and then dropped my insurance without telling me. So, I

> never respected him enough to believe that might have been true.

> I've not heard it anywhere else, so I was wondering if you or

anyone

> else has. Just curious. Thanks, Sandy