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Teeth Grinding and Sleep Apnea

I've heard that teeth grinding and sleep apnea are related, but I don't understand the connection. Does one cause the other?

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Permalink Reply by RockRpsgt on April 16, 2009 at 1:51am

http://web4health.info/en/answers/sleep-brux-apnea.htm

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Permalink Reply by RockRpsgt on April 16, 2009 at 1:54am

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14592147

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Permalink Reply by RockRpsgt on April 16, 2009 at 1:56am

I see bruxism(teeth grinding) in almost all of my osa patients. It seems to have to do with the arousals. As they wake up they grit their teeth.

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Permalink Reply by Mike on April 16, 2009 at 1:59am

i have had dentists telling me since i was a kid that i had a teeth grinding problem. but no one ever suggested i had a breathing problem. should dentists suggest a sleep test for their patients with teeth grinding?

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Permalink Reply by RockRpsgt on April 16, 2009 at 2:03am

That's a great question. I am not sure what the % are, but they have to be high. Like I said if I had a pt with OSA that DID NOT grind their teeth I would be surprised.