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Masseter muscle botox gets surprisingly little attention for this and derivative issues. Not too expensive. Very simple walk-in procedure, don't need consults.
by auganov 6y ago
Masseter muscle botox gets surprisingly little attention for this and derivative issues. Not too expensive. Very simple walk-in procedure, don't need consults. Zero effort. Not permanent (both a con and a pro), but some say their problem doesn't come back even after it wears off.
Pretty much all other interventions (besides self-awareness/lifestyle) are way more involved and don't have a great record either way. Nothing is proven about botox either, but seems like the best thing to try first.
- fouc 6y agoThat's a great idea, a temporary solution to kick the habit.
- oseityphelysiol 6y agoI’ve had two injections (3 months apart) and it didn’t do anything for me. My grinding stopped when I started doing therapy. You’re treating the symptom, not the cause and digging at the root of this problem migh outwheigh the involvement, or at least it certainly did in my case.
- mandelbrotwurst 6y agoTo clarify, do you mean therapy in the psychiatrist sense or some specific physical thing for bruxism? I could imagine either helping with this issue
- oseityphelysiol 6y agoI was originally recommended kinesiotherapy by a dentist to aid back/neck pain and psychotherapy to work out what's causing this. Never went to any form of physical therapy, but I started going to a psychotherapist (psychoanalyst to be exact). Little by little, my bruxism, neck and back pain went away. Another thing that helped was learning proper tongue placement. I still grind my teeth while asleep sometimes, but only during more stressful periods of life and it can be avoided by tiring myself physically (going for a run, etc).