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Does Grinding Your Teeth All Night Ruin Your Gums? Stress-Induced Bruxism, an Enemy of Oral Health

Are you grinding your teeth through the night or unconsciously clenching your jaw tightly? If you wake up in the morning with a stiff jaw and a headache, it might be an SOS signal sent by your body. To pass it off as just a simple sleeping habit, your gums, teeth, and temporomandibular joints are suffering far too much.