Bruxizm is the habit of rubbing, grinding and clenching of the teeth that arises during sleep or when you are anxious or tense. In this case, teeth wear and fracture, the temples and cheeks becomes painful, head and shoulder pains occur. When you wake up in the morning and there is a common painful tension in your head and cheeks, continuing during the day and you feel that the chewing muscles behind your cheek and temple are bulkier and harder than normal, this means that you clench your teeth. Teeth wear in people who have the habit of clenching their teeth.
Clinically, we have met people who have ground down more than half of their teeth. Patients look old because this wearing on the teeth, narrowing the distance to the lower face. These plaques are arranged in order to protect the muscles, teeth and jaw joint.
It is a procedure for aesthetic purposes in which the lower part of the face, where the masseter muscle is located, is thinned. The square face shape, which causes a masculine and aggressive appearance on the face is rounded and a more proportional face shape is obtained.
