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 ...

If you suffer from stress or anxiety, you may also suffer from jaw pain—the two often go hand in hand. The pain is caused by grinding your teeth or clenching your jaw during the day (and night), and ...

If you wake up with a headache, sore jaw muscles or achy teeth, you might be grinding your teeth at night or clenching your jaw. The condition — bruxism — is surprisingly common, experts say. Without ...

Dealing with any tension in the body is a real pain. But a tight, sore jaw can be mind-numbingly painful at worst and annoying at best. Learning how to relax your jaw can protect you from a host of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm a science journalist specializing in healthy aging and longevity. Also known as sleep bruxism, teeth grinding is a common ...

Medically reviewed by Brian T. Luong, DMD Key Takeaways Massaging your head and neck can help reduce pain from teeth grinding ...

We all clench or grind our teeth at times. We may do it when we're sleeping, or we may do it when we are awake. Most times, bruxism is not a problem, and people learn that they grind their teeth only ...

TAMPA (BLOOM) – Bruxism, commonly known as teeth grinding, is a condition affecting millions of people, yet it remains widely overlooked. The implications of untreated bruxism can be severe, leading ...

Bruxism affects the masseter muscle differently by gender, suggesting the importance of a gender-specific approach in assessing bruxism's impact on this muscle. The study was published in the American ...