A lot of people grind their teeth during the day unconsciously and a large majority people also suffer from a common sleep related disorder known as Bruxism which involves teeth grinding at night. Bruxism is one of the more common forms of sleep apnea that millions of people around the world suffer from. The problem is that for the large majority of those people, they are not even aware that the reason that they are unable to enjoy a full night’s restful sleep is due to the fact that they suffer from a sleep related disorder that is well known. For the small fraction of people who suffer from Bruxism to the extent that they grind their teeth in a manner and to an extent that their teeth get damaged and their jaws get painful and sore, these people might actually visit a physician for diagnosis about the reason for the pain in their jaw and their damaged teeth. At this point the doctor will most probably ask them more questions about the quality of the sleep that they enjoy.

If the doctor finds that the person also exhibits other symptoms that are common to all forms of sleep related disorders such as a decided lack of energy during the day, a difficulty in waking up in the morning, sleepiness or drowsiness during the day and an inability to go to sleep at night, the physician will normally put two and two together and figure out that the patient is a sufferer of Bruxism.

There are a number of different kinds of remedies to Bruxism. Some of them such as dental dams and corrective splints just try to stop the patient from clenching or grinding their jaws unconsciously or from doing damage to their teeth when they do clench their jaws. There are other more recent remedies to Bruxism that have been in use for the past decade or so. One of these is to inject a substance called Botox into the patient’s jaw muscles as a relaxant, to prevent clenching.