cause and effect of bruxism

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Enrica Melissa Panjaitan Academic English 1 6 November 2014

Bruxism

Many people are easy to be found grinding or clenching their teeth when they are

sleeping. They also can create sounds from their teeth that sometimes disturb others.

Medically, it is called bruxism. Bruxism is due to clenching of the teeth other than in

chewing and is associated with forceful lateral or protrusive jaw movements. !raft, "#$%&.

Bruxism occurs uncosciousnessly which can cause crac's of the teeth structure. (ntil now,

the causes of bruxism have not been identified. )owever, some researches lin' bruxism with

many factors such as general, psychological and medical problems which can affect health in

several ways.

*ne of the general causes of bruxism is bad lifestyle. +t is one of the most significantfactors, since it is interpreted as the lifestyle where people are involved in activites which are

baneful to health. What is an unhealthy lifestyle?, n.d.&. ome examples of bad lifestyle are

smo'ing, the excessive consumption of caffein and drin'ing alcohol. -lso, the side effect of

medication also become the cause of bruxism. The side effect of drugs such as ecstasy or

cocaine and other drug which stimulate the brain, results the stimulation of brain and is

trusted to be the grinding contribution.

econd, there are psyhcological problems which can cause bruxism which are stress,

anxiety, mental disorder, and other psychological problem which are significantly related to

the teeth grinding or clenching activity when people sleep. These problems are considered as

the basic cause of bruxism. ecent researches have found that stress and anxiety cause /#0

cases of bruxism. Teeth grinding (bruxism) Causes, n.d.&. Bruxism affects people with the

nervous tension such as irritable, pain, frustrate, or people who are aggressive, hasty, and

excessive competitive tendencies.

The third cause of bruxism is medical problems or health disorder. -n example of

health disorder is sleep disorderbad sleep pattern&. leep disorders which often happen in

some cases are snoring, the pausing of breathing, and also *bstructive leep -pnea *-&.

1arious mouth prodigy such as snoring, gasps, and tooth grinding often accompany the

termination of the apnea event. Causes of Bruxism, n.d.&. - study concludes that too little or

too much sleep can cause two years older brain while another study concludes that people

with sleep disorder, are more ris'y to suffer the other disorder than poeple who have no sleep

disorder.Pola Tidur yang Buruk Dapat emper!epat Penuaan "tak. n.d.&.


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2astly, relating to the medical cause, people who have dental disorder usually suffer

bruxism. The common dental disorder that usually occurs is the malocclusal, which the

events are classified according to teeth or jaws malforming, rear teeths interferences,

unusual bite or teeths croo'ing. Bruxism, n.d.&.

Besides, from all of the causes that occurs from bruxism, there are also effects that

can bring to humanbeings as they continue to bring this sic'ness with them.

ooner or later, bruxism can affect health in negative ways. The effects of bruxism

can be divided in two section, short3period and long3period. hort3period effects of bruxism

are headache, ear ache, the shoulders tightness, mouth opening limitation, disturb other

people when sleep because of the noise of bruxism, the excessive of teeth mobility, and the

gums inflamed. +f people have suffered bruxism in long3period, they will suffer

Temporomandibular 4oint 5isorder or TM4& and the lossing and recessing of teeth. #ffe!ts

of Bruxism, n.d.&

+n conclusion, bruxism often occurs to people nowadays because of general,

psychological and medical problems. Bruxism becomes peoples habit which can affect

many problems, especially to their teeth. This habit is the hardest habit to be controlled

because it happens unconssiousnessly. To improve the situation, it is suggested that peoplewould do the exact treatment from the doctor or the dentist to solve their problem from

bruxism.


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eferences

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grinding7. etrieved 8ovember ", "#$%, from

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