#teeth grinding

[thatsbelievable]

[redbatsstuff]

Bruce grinds his teeth in his sleep, and Clark, concerned, insists he see a dentist. Bruce ends up with a retainer he has to wear at night.

Clark: “You should wear that while you’re Batman too, you grind your teeth a lot on patrol.”

Bruce: “I’m not interrogating criminals with a spit-covered retainer. That’s not intimidating.”

Clark: smirking “I don’t know…I think it’s kind of hot.”

[thehereticalheathen]

every day i wake up with more jaw pain than the day before and i think that's beautiful /s

[emotionalsupportgoblin420]

Anyone else kawaii-ify their mouth guard case?

[victusinveritas]

"Stress"

By Yoan Capote

[brosser-les-dents]

Any advice on teeth grinding?

This ask is from July 28. I am so sorry, I have not had the spoons to answer this.

But that's such a vague question. Like, do you want to stop? Is that what kind of advice you're looking for? I teeth grind when I'm super stressed, so unfortunately I have a mouth guard. You could discuss options with your dentist about it. There are also just do it yourself mouthguards you can buy from the dental section at your local stores, but I have 0 experience with them and have no idea how effective they are. (tagging @nothingiswrongwithyourarmrests for thoughts)

The other thing is going to be way harder, but if you're also grinding because of stress, you can figure out what that is and start working on doing your best to deal with stress. But, like, we're all chronically stressed, so... Yeah. Lol.

I hope this helps some.

Remember to brush and floss, friends!

[itsaspectrumcomic]

Hello, excuse me. I want to ask, is wanting to bite or chew on something considered autistic? Because i always want to chew or bite something, always. If there's nothing in my mouth, i would start to, like, chatter my teeth, clench my jaw repeatedly, so it's as if i'm chewing something. Because if not, i would start to feel uncomfortable, somehow. But i always ended up hurting my jaw and teeth (of course) and sometimes i go to the dentist because of that. I don't know if i'm autistic or not, i'm not diagnosed, but when i talk about that to my family members and my friends, almost all of them tells me that i'm autistic, some of my friend even say i have ADHD. Could you explain a bit about that chewing thing i always want to do? Is it some autistic trait? Or is it just me being kinda silly? (Hehe.) It's okay if you don't or can't though, don't worry. I'll just buy some chew toys when i get the chance to. Thank you if you've been patient enough to read this whole thing i typed in, like, six minutes.

Chewing can be an autistic stim just like tapping or flapping - it can be a way to self regulate. Look into chewelry if you want to direct your chewing to something safe and relatively discreet, or you could chew gum :)

There are also other reasons you might feel the need to chew or grind your teeth such as stress or pica (which can be an indicator of anemia), so wanting to chew doesn't necessarily mean you're autistic by itself, but it is a common trait!

[tomhoppusdelonge]

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