Have you ever woken up with pain in your teeth in the morning, felt sluggish or tired at the start of the day, and couldn’t sleep at night because of grinding your teeth? You may suffer from Bruxism. People with this habit are often unaware that they are grinding their teeth. You realize that you have been clenching your jaw non-stop throughout the night, when you wake up in the morning.Teeth grinding caused by stress and sleeping habits can damage your teeth over time and cause pain. So, what is the way to get rid of this problem? Let’s analyze it together.
What is BRUXISM?
Bruxism is the act of unconsciously clenching the teeth, usually during sleep. This habit is hardly noticed by the person. This situation, which also affects sleep quality, can trigger problems such as depression in individuals after a while.
It is a common clinical condition affecting approximately 20% of the population. Studies have shown that the rate of awareness of teeth grinding (bruxism) is between 5% and 20%.
What are the Causes of Teeth Grinding?
- Wrong chewing habits,
- Intense stress, tension and anxiety,
- Sedentary life and unbalanced diet,
- Missing teeth and closure disorders of teeth,
- As a side effect of some antidepressant drugs,
- Prosthesis and fillings made at a low or higher level than it should be.
What are the Methods Used in Teeth Grinding Treatment?
Splint (Night plaque): Experts recommend night plaques made of transparent plastic called ‘splint’ in order to prevent damage to the teeth in the treatment of teeth grinding. Night plaques do not prevent the person from clenching their teeth, but they help prevent or minimize problems such as gingival recession, osteoporosis, pain in the muscles that may occur due to clenching. These plaques are mostly used at night while sleeping. Dental plaques protect teeth from wear, disperse excessive forces caused by squeezing, and treat muscle and joint pain.
Botox: Another method used in the treatment of teeth grinding is botox procedure. With this process, people’s chewing muscles are weakened. Botox treatment applied to the chewing muscles in order to reduce the squeezing intensity, that is, the muscle strength, requires a repetition every 6 months. Since the muscles lose strength after the method applied at certain intervals, the force of clenching decreases and the patients can be made to tolerate bruxism more easily. Botox application does not completely prevent tightening, it reduces the severity of tightening.
Muscle relaxants: Patients who clenched their teeth during sleep and therefore have pain in their muscles may be advised by their doctor to take muscle relaxants. However, it is not correct to prescribe muscle relaxants for clenching teeth to patients who do not have any complaints.
Antidepressant drugs: Although some antidepressant drugs are known to prevent or reduce clenching, it is controversial to give them only for clenching. It can be tried in patients with excessive tightening.
So, Which Country Should I Prefer for Dental Treatments?
Turkey is considered among the top 10 countries in the world in health tourism and dental treatments are one of the strongest field of it. Turkey is one of the popular destinations that foreign patients choose confidently to have their dental treatment, with experienced and specialist dentists, comfortable and hygienic hospitals equipped with the latest technology materials, a treatment process that is carefully planned according to their needs and followed meticulously, and quite obvious price advantages. In addition, being a real tourism paradise allows patients to combine the treatment process with a relaxing holiday, which is an important reason for preference.
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Especially with the global crisis and changing world conditions in recent years, many European countries have changed their health policies and decided to exclude their citizens’ dental treatments from the insurance coverage. In case they have high-priced prosthesis and dental implant treatments in their own country, the state or health insurances do not cover these fees and the patients have to pay for the implants and prostheses themselves.
In this case, if foreign patients come to Turkey for treatment, it seems that all the accommodation, flight and dental treatment costs are lower than the treatment costs in their own country, even with a rough calculation, and this makes it inevitable for patients to choose Turkey for treatment.
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How will I go to Turkey? Which hospital or specialist will I work with? Will I have the opportunity to stay in the comfort of my home during the treatment and operation? Although it may seem very complex, what you need to do is quite simple. To find a companion that ensures you to get the full return on your investment in this important step you have taken for yourself. Elysian Health, which combines experience in health tourism with quality service principles, will be with you to manage the process in the most accurate way by meticulously solving all problems for you. Elysian Health works with internationally accredited and distinguished institutions that ensure you can both find the ideal specialist for your procedure and spend your recovery in comfort and stability.
The primary goal in health tourism is of course a successful recovery process. But in a country like Turkey, which is full of natural and historical beauties and has four seasons of tourism, it would be unfair not to collect good memories in your spare time. As Elysian Health, we offer you and your loved ones a unique journey with exclusive accommodation opportunities in this geography full of healing and beauty secrets of Anatolian lands.In this way, you can relieve the stress and tension of the operation until the end of your trip and ensure that you return to your country completely renewed.
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