Innovative Dental Grind Guard Provides Solution to Help Combat Holiday Stress and Bruxism

(Newswire.net — December 13, 2017) Norwalk, CT — More commonly known as excessive teeth grinding and jaw clenching, Bruxism is considered a growing oral health problem, as the estimated population affected by this affliction is now at nearly 70 million Americans. 

Dr. William Balanoff, DDS, MS, FICD and one of the inventors of Ora GUARD®, estimates that bruxism affects more than 30 percent of the adult population in the United States alone. Individuals are suffering from more than just broken teeth and worn-down enamel. Ninety percent of bruxism sufferers also report secondary symptoms, including disturbed sleep, headaches, neck and facial pain, pain behind the eyes, vertigo, hearing problems, laryngitis or even numbness in the arm or hands. Bruxism is a serious problem for most people who suffer from these negative consequences.

The holiday season is a hectic and busy time, often resulting in stress and anxiety. Even though stress is not necessarily a bad thing, too much of it is not good for overall health and well-being. But the physical effects of stress can be negative most of the time, manifesting itself throughout the body, and bruxism is a by-product of stress.

The gradual onset of mild or severe headaches, jaw or TMJ pain and tooth sensitivity are only a few of the symptoms that are indicators of bruxism. An individual can grind or clench his or her teeth throughout the day and night and may not be aware they are doing so. The grinding can become so severe that it can be disruptive to others’ sleep as well. While there is no medication currently available to relieve bruxism, the recommended treatment is the use of a dental grind guard.

Ora-GUARD® is an effective dental grind guard that helps to relieve the major symptoms of bruxism. Its revolutionary design combines a soft, medical grade fit material to cushion the jaws during clenching, combined with a patented hard surface wedge design that protects teeth from the damaging effects of clenching and grinding. The bite plate wedge is specially constructed to slide the lower jaw down and forward, releasing tension on the TMJ muscle, while preventing tooth damage. Ora-GUARD® has been popular with customers since its launch and is available at select national retail locations, as well as Amazon.com, CVS.com, Target.com. Walmart.com and Ora-GUARD.com.

Ora GUARD® dental grind guard was developed by Bite Tech Inc., an innovation-driven oral health products company that manufactures and sells oral products to the dental channel and athletic mouth guards to sporting goods and mass retailers.

Bite Tech Inc. holds more than 45 patents and pending patents for its innovative, proprietary designs and technologies. Bruxism sufferers look to Bite Tech dental grind guards (Ora-GUARD®) for relief from teeth grinding and jaw pain while athletes in virtually all sports rely on athletic mouth guards manufactured by Bite Tech for protection and performance improvement on and off the field.