{"id":4601,"date":"2025-06-15T20:57:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T17:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dental.kiklotro.com\/?p=4601"},"modified":"2025-06-29T18:10:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T15:10:21","slug":"what-is-bruxism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.athens-dental.com\/en\/what-is-bruxism\/","title":{"rendered":"What is bruxism?"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"> \n#cmsms_row_6a144da1f18806_90058301 .cmsms_row_outer_parent { \n\tpadding-top: 0px; \n} \n\n#cmsms_row_6a144da1f18806_90058301 .cmsms_row_outer_parent { \n\tpadding-bottom: 50px; \n} \n\n<\/style><div id=\"cmsms_row_6a144da1f18806_90058301\" class=\"cmsms_row cmsms_color_scheme_default\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_text\">\n<p class=\"western\">Bruxism or &#8220;gnashing of teeth&#8221; is an oral parafunctional activity that occurs usually at night, during sleep.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Common\u00a0situations that trigger bruxism are stress, anxiety, emotional stress and others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Patients may present\u00a0various symptoms including:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">* \u00a0Pain when opening or closing the mouth<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">* \u00a0Headache-neck pain-earache<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">* \u00a0Clicking sounds during the chewing function<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">* \u00a0Difficulty in opening the mouth<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">* \u00a0Wear of teeth<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">A dental guard or splint can reduce tooth abrasion.It is typically worn during sleep at night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">The splint not only protects the teeth\u00a0but it can also reduce muscle strain by allowing the upper and lower jaw to function properly.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.athens-dental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Nightguards-1.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5763,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"4","_seopress_titles_title":"What is bruxism and which are it's common symptoms?","_seopress_titles_desc":"Bruxism or \"gnashing of teeth\" is an oral parafunctional activity that occurs usually at night.Bruxism is triggered by stress and anxiety.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.athens-dental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.athens-dental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.athens-dental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.athens-dental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.athens-dental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4601"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.athens-dental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5884,"href":"https:\/\/www.athens-dental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4601\/revisions\/5884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.athens-dental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.athens-dental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.athens-dental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.athens-dental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}