Treatments
Our consultations
Every patient who comes to me with suspected bruxism gets a thorough, unhurried consultation. I want to understand your symptoms, your stress levels, your sleep, and your dental history before we talk about treatment, because bruxism is rarely just a cosmetic issue. Where appropriate, I’ll also suggest you see your dentist to rule out significant dental damage, since that side of things sits outside what I treat.
Treatment for bruxism
The treatment I use most for bruxism is anti-wrinkle injections (Botox or Nuceiva) into the masseter muscle. Weakening this muscle slightly reduces the force behind the grinding and clenching, which in turn eases jaw pain, headaches and the strain on the teeth.
It’s a treatment I’m genuinely enthusiastic about, because the benefit is often twofold. Patients get relief from the physical symptoms, and many also notice their jawline softening and slimming over subsequent months as the overworked masseter reduces in size. I’d say this second benefit is often what tips patients into booking, even though the pain relief is usually the bigger win clinically.
Results typically build over one to two weeks and last around three to four months, so most patients return for repeat treatment two to three times a year. It isn’t a permanent fix, and I’m always upfront about that. What it does very well is break the cycle of grinding, pain and muscle overuse, which for a lot of patients is enough to genuinely change how their jaw feels day to day.
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