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 ...

Bruxism, the formal name for teeth grinding, can lead to ringing in the ears and tooth fractures. Here's how to find relief.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Many of us are under a lot of stress these days, and dentists see evidence of it in more and more patients. Clenching and grinding teeth, called Bruxism, is on the rise, and as ...

From the pandemic to the election, the past few months had many of us ready to pull our hair out. For some, this year has been downright jaw-clenching. Newswatch 16’s Ryan Leckey took a bite out of ...

Risk factors for bruxism include anxiety, stress and alcohol use. With the pandemic causing uncertainty, isolation and disruptions in routine, research has continued to show increases in far-reaching ...

I’ve been clenching my jaw since early March. The inclination to forcefully fuse my teeth together into a vice grip in times of elevated stress or anxiety is not exactly a new behavior for me (just ...