Clenching Treatment

Depending on stress, fatigue, psychological reasons and environmental factors, teeth clenching problems can be seen in men and women from time to time. Clenching is a health problem and must be treated. Otherwise, it can cause deformation in the teeth, jaw-head and neck pain, and various deformations in the lower jaw. With a personalized and correct treatment protocol, the problem of clenching can be easily left behind.

What is bruxism?

Bruxism is the name of the teeth clenching problem in the literature. Although the use of the term bruxism has become widespread recently, this problem is more commonly referred to as a clenching problem.

What is clenching treatment?

Clenching treatment is a set of treatments used to solve the bruxism problem. Two treatment methods are used in the teeth clenching problem. One of them is to prevent the person from clenching the teeth and thus putting pressure on the masseter muscle by placing a special plaque, which is made by measuring the teeth of the person we call the night plaque, like a veneer every night before going to bed.

Another treatment method is botox treatment. Botox treatment, which is often used in the treatment of mimic wrinkles, is one of the effective solutions to the problem of teeth clenching.

As the person clenches his teeth, the masseter muscle in the lower jaw line starts to work harder and gradually hardens and grows. With a botox treatment to this muscle, the masseter muscle is paralyzed and relieved. This prevents the person from clenching their teeth.

Both treatments have their own pros and cons.

Why is clenching treatment needed?

Excessive clenching problem does not only cause momentary contraction of the person. At the same time, it causes the masseter muscle in the jaw line to grow and expand, causing the facial line to deteriorate. Moreover, it causes head, neck and jaw pain.

Another problem caused by clenching in patients is that it negatively affects the health of the mouth and jaw. In patients with clenching problems, various gingival problems may be encountered due to tooth wear and abrasion over time. Clenching treatment is often needed to avoid or leave these health problems behind.

Is clenching treatment permanent?

Clenching treatment is performed by injecting botox into the masseter muscle to prevent excessive contraction of the muscle. Since the active ingredient in the treatment is botulinum toxin, like many other botox treatments, the permanence of the botox treatment for teeth clenching treatment is limited. Botox treatment, which has an average of 4 to 6 months of permanence, must be renewed after this period if the effect is desired to continue.

Is clenching treatment painful?

Clenching treatment is mostly done with botox injection, but it is a very comfortable treatment that we can say almost painless and acheless. Most of the time, there is no need for the use of anesthetic cream in the treatment of teeth clenching with botox, which is completed in about 10 minutes.

What you need to know about clenching treatment

Teeth clenching treatment with Botox must be done by a doctor who has a good command of facial anatomy.

Although the permanence of the teeth clenching treatment with Botox varies between 4 and 6 months on average, it is known that the duration is slightly longer when the procedure is repeated regularly.

Clenching treatment can be done easily in combination with other filling and botox treatments on the same day.